Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana and nine other Democratic and Republican senators called Wednesday for President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project now that Nebraska has approved an alternate route.

Opinion: Billings Gazette

Opinion by U.S. Senator Max Baucus in U.S. News and World Report

New data shows that 15,388 Medicare beneficiaries in Montana saved a total of $9,710,741 on prescription drugs because of the new health care law.

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus is telling the postmaster general that he should visit rural Montana post offices before making any decisions to close some of them.

Montana's Democratic Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester are co-sponsoring bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, which provides more than $4 million for 50 programs throughout Montana.

Senator Max Baucus has taken the lead on establishing normal trade relations with Russia ahead of its WTO membership in order to boost Montana exports.

With strong bipartisan support, the U.S. Senate approved a two-year, $109 billion transportation and infrastructure bill that Montana Sen. Max Baucus helped develop and push forward

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a $109 billion, two-year federal highway bill, one that Sen. Max Baucus said would provide Montana with $400 million in federal highway money annually.

As the debate over U.S. military presence in Afghanistan intensifies, Montana's senior U.S. senator, Max Baucus, is continuing his call for an accelerated withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops.

Baucus said he hopes to get the bill passed before the force's next reunion in September.