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President Barack Obama’s staff may want to rethink focusing on Montana in 2012. The president’s national targeting director Ken Strasma told the blog fivethirtyeight.com in August that he viewed our state as the “no. 1 pick to flip” from red to blue in the next presidential election. But according to an MSU-Billings poll released last week, spending resources here may be a waste of time.
WASHINGTON – When Sen. Max Baucus , D-Mont., this summer proposeda $4 billion tax on medical-device firms to help offset the cost ofhealth care reforms, an unusual mix of lawmakers joined in a chorusof protest.
WASHINGTON - When Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., this summer proposed a $4 billion tax on medical-device firms to help offset the cost of health-care reforms, an unusual mix of lawmakers joined in a chorus of protest.
When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) this summer proposed a $4 billion tax on medical-device firms to help offset the cost of health-care reforms, an unusual mix of lawmakers joined in a chorus of protest.
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Saturday night to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling President Barack Obama 's top domestic initiative over a crucial, preliminary hurdle in a formidable display of muscle-flexing by the Democratic majority."Tonight we have the opportunity, the historic opportunity to reform health care once and for all," said Sen. Max Baucus , D-Mont ...
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Democratic Party has a new executive director.
Montana's lone Congressman Denny Rehberg met with the National Republican Senatorial Committee Thursday and is considering challenging U.S. Sen. Jon Tester's seat in 2012. From POLITICO: There's mutual interest between Rehberg and NRSC officials, according to a source familiar with both sides. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Thursday night that Tester's represented his constituents well and will ...
Good morning; on the Beacon today, the Montana Highway Patrol says a bus carrying the Kalispell Glacier volleyball team ran a red light and crashed into a truck, but there were no serious injuries. After four years of interviewing, compiling and editing, the MontanaPBS documentary “Never Long Gone: The Mission Mountain Wood Band Story,” is premiering all over Montana in the coming week. Just ...
