Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), one of the chief architects of the Affordable Care Act (i.e. “Obamacare), won’t seek re-election in 2014, according to two Democrat sources familiar with the senator’s decision.
This brings to an end his 36-year run in the U.S. Senate.
The Democrat senator made headlines last week when he voted against the supposedly bipartisan Toomey-Manchin expanded background check amendment. He also caused a stir during a hearing last Wednesday when he referred to “Obamacare,” a bill he helped pass, as a “train wreck.”
“I just see a huge train wreck coming down,” he said, referring to the large number of people who do not understand how the health care law will work.
“You and I have discussed this many times, and I don’t see any results yet,” he added during the hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Sen. Baucus and Sebelius discussed ways in which the public could be educated on the many details of the new law. “I’m very concerned that not enough is being done so far — very concerned.”
“Obamacare” takes full effect in 2014 — just in time for the senator’s retirement.
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