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Bacus was born in Helena, Montana and graduated from Helena High School in 1959. He earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree and a law degree from Stanford University. He is married to Wanda Minge , and has one son, Zeno.
He began law practice in Missoula, Montana in 1971. He then served as both Executive Director and Committee Coordinator for Montana's 1972 Constitutional Convention.
In 1973, Baucus was elected to the Montana State Legislature. He served as a state representative from Missoula until his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1974. He was re-elected in 1976. Max was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet. and has served consecutively ever since.
Senator Baucus currently serves as Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee. Baucus is also a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, the Senate Agriculture Committee, and on the Joint Committee on Taxation.
The 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom Montana elections gained a spot on the national radar when Baucus' opponent , state senator Mike Taylor accused Baucus of having implyed that Taylor was a gay hairdresser in a campaign ad. The ad alleged that Taylor had embezzled funds from the cosmotology school he once owned while showing footage from the early 80s of Taylor massaging another man's face while wearing a tight suit with an open shirt. The commercial was featured on Comedy Central'sComedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. As its name implies, the channel carries predominantly comedy programming, both original and syndicated. Comedy Central began on April Fool's Day 1991, after Home Box Office, owned by Time The Daily ShowStephen Colbert and Jon Stewart on the set of The Daily Show The Daily Show (currently The Daily Show with Jon Stewart also known as TDS to fans and staffers) is a half-hour satirical "fake news" program produced by and run on the Comedy Central cable tel along with interviews with the major third party candidates for Baucus' seat. Taylor dropped out of the race.
On a personal note, in the Senator's spare time he enjoys motorcycling across Montana. He rode a Harley to the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D. in 2000, with his brother John and cousin Chase. On July 3July 3rd is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 181 days remaining. Events 323 Battle of Adrianople Constantine the Great defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium 533 Battle of the Tenth Milestone: Byzantine gen, 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co Baucus suffered minor injuries when his motorcycle hit gravel as he swirved to avoid an oncoming vehicle. Local police confirmed the Senator was not drinking alcohol prior to the incident.