Category: montana legislatu
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Paper Towels SB 2
Montana Legislature alert. (I'll add this to all post that are very strictly about the Legislature for those not interested.)<br />nWith the Montana Legislature in session I have been paging through the <a href="http://laws.leg.mt.gov/pls/laws07/LAW0217W$BAIV.return_all_bills">bills proposed</a> and a few caught my eye. Here is one.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0002.htm">SB 2</a><br />n<br />nRequire availability of paper towels in…
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Here It Comes
Montana's Legislature convenes today in it's biennial 90-day session. All I can say is <a href="http://www.acronymfinder.com/acronym.aspx?rec={0EA05764-8568-11D4-8351-00C04FC2C2BF}">BOHICA</a>. I guarantee you that is what is going to happen, the taxpayers is going to get screwed over. I'm sure glad they can only do this once every two years. I don't think I could stand a yearly reaming…
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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…