Category: democrats
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Blame
Well, it looks like the Farm Bill got stalled out.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/11/17/news/state/37-filibuster.txt">GOP filibuster stymies Farm Bill</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A wide-ranging rewrite of the Farm Bill fell victim Friday to a Republican filibuster in the Senate, threatening enactment of new and expanded subsidies promised to farmers by lawmakers seeking re-election next year.<br />n<br />nThough politically popular,…
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Do What You Are told
We now see how Democrats in Montana truly think. They will force you to do "the right thing" whether you want to or not. The headline of the article sounds very benign but you read the article and some of the things in it scares the shit out of me. When did the Government get…
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Blame Game
When <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> announced a special session to pay for the fire fighting costs this year, the Montana Blogs started up. Depending on which blog you read, either the Republicans or the Democrats were to blame for this and that was the end of the story. As normal I didn't believe either side…
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Children At Play
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/14/news/state/35-sales.txt" >Sales provides edge to GOP on House panel</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Majority Republicans in the state House of Representatives have given themselves extra weight on a key committee, mirroring an identical decision by majority Democrats in the state Senate.<br />n<br />nHouse Republicans, led by Speaker Scott Sales of Bozeman, assigned themselves a three-vote margin on…
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Let The Good Times Roll
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/12/news/state/30-speaker.txt" >House panel rejects plan to restrict GOP speaker</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Republican leaders of Montana's closely divided House of Representatives quashed a Democratic plan Monday to limit the amount of Republican power on committees that influence hundreds of would-be laws, including the state's budget.<br />n<br />nOn a 5-5 party line vote, the evenly divided House…
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A Better Idea
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/11/AR2006121101305.html" title="Free Registration Required">Democrats Freeze Earmarks for Now</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Democratic leaders declared a temporary moratorium on special-interest provisions known as earmarks as they attempt to cope with a budget crisis left by the outgoing Republican-led 109th Congress.<br />n<br />nCongress adjourned early Saturday, having completed work on two of the 11 spending bills for the…
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Election Thoughts
There seems to be a lot of celebration out there that the Democrats have taken control of the House and Senate. The going consensus I read is that this is going to turn the country around and great things are going to happen. I hate to rain on the parade, but I don't think so.…
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Dueling Parties
The Democrats and Republicans are at it again. The Democrats are complaining that Republicans are going to <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110103202.html">attempt to block poor voters</a> from voting and the Democrats are laying the ground work for <a href="http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/11/02/ap3142301.html">disqualifing military ballots</a> from being counted. Why do both parties not like to see everyone vote? Why do they, both…