According to the Sunlight Foundation, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus who is is at the center of the congressional effort to craft health care reform legislation appears to have some significant conflicts of interests. "The committee is packed with lawmakers who have close ties to the health care and insurance industries, receiving large campaign contributions as their former staffers turn around to lobby for the very interests whose issues — in this case health care — they previously worked on. Baucus, as chair, stands out in particular.