Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, accompanied by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., center, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2008, to discuss the failed Senate vote on a windfall tax for oil companies. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, accompanied by fellow Senate Democrats, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 10,2008, on the failed Senate vote on a windfall tax for oil companies. From left are, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.; Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Baucus; Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., right, and committee member, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., left, listen to retiree Mattie Carvon, second from right, during a news conference on Capitol in Washington Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, to discuss the Senate's version of the economic stimulus package. Another retiree Joslyn Williams is second from left. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa., confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, prior to a markup hearing on an economic stimulus package (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., right, confers with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., center, as Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., looks on during a markup hearing on an economic stimulus package, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa., confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, prior to a markup hearing on an economic stimulus package (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, arrives for a news conference to discuss the economy, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)