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Sen. Max Baucus, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, recommended Hanes for Montana's U.S. attorney post in February, by which time the two were in a romantic relationship.
Baucus girlfriend met with divorce lawyer in '07
Sen. Max Baucus' girlfriend met with his divorce attorney in 2007, months before the senator and his wife separated, and later received a nearly $14,000 pay raise from Baucus as they were becoming romantically involved, a spokesman for the senator said Friday. Full story
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