My daughter and son-in-law got into an argument over Thanksgiving weekend about a proposal to drop net neutrality requirements. (more…) Continue Reading →
Nothing neutral about internet fight
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Steve Daines
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Tax reform implications expand
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An alert reader pointed out that last week’s column on the tax reform bills now before Congress omitted a key detail. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, individual mandate, Steve Daines, Tax reform
Tax bills a mixed bag for Montana
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Now that our national leaders are learning that sexual harassment is a bad thing, what comes next? Learning to use forks and spoons? (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Montana Board of Housing, Montana Budget and Policy Center, SALT deduction, Steve Daines
Daines never should have endorsed Moore
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When U.S. Sen. Steve Daines endorsed Roy Moore for the U.S. Senate last week, Daines said, “Judge Moore is a principled conservative.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Alabama Supreme Court, Roy Moore, Steve Daines
For Daines, ideology trumps evidence
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U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., has a history of making dubious claims. Perhaps none was more dubious than his response to the Las Vegas massacre: “History shows us that more gun laws do not make our society safer.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Greg Gianforte, Jon Tester, Steve Daines
Daines, Gianforte tout tech growth at Missoula summit
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Back in the 1970s, when Steve Daines was on a family trip to Disneyland, a woman asked him about life back home. Her impression of Montana was stereotypical at best — a third-world state far removed from economic prosperity. Kicking off the Montana High Tech Jobs Summit on Monday, Daines, now a U.S. senator representing the state, said times have changed. Technology has removed the barriers of geography, and Montana’s booming tech sector competes at the enterprise level with the world’s top firms. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Greg Gianforte, Montana High Tech Business Alliance, Montana High Tech Jobs Summit, Oracle, Right Now Technologies, Steve Daines
Opinion: The national debt ceiling crisis, again
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I wonder if Montana’s congressional delegation knows the difference between spending money and paying bills. Once again – for the second time in a decade – Congress flirts with defaulting on the nation’s debt by failing to raise the federal debt ceiling. Granted, the can was kicked three months down the road when, last week, it was attached to the Harvey hurricane relief package. Don’t rest easy, though; some legislators still want you to believe that defaulting on the debt will reduce government spending. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Debt ceiling, Greg Gianforte, Steve Daines, U.S. Congress. Jon Tester
Hold on; Daines has this one right
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It’s high time someone took a stand in support of U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. I volunteer. I have been critical of the good senator a few dozen times. But when the man’s right, he’s right. Kind of. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Alexander Hamilton, filibuster, James Madison, Steve Daines
Opinion: In the aftermath of violence, silence from ‘leaders’
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A presidential response condemning white nationalists and Neo-Nazis should not be this difficult to formulate, and the silence from Montana’s state and congressional leaders should not be this deep and profound. On Saturday, white supremacists marched down the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, waving Confederate flags and bearing Nazi symbols, where they were confronted by counter protesters understandably offended by the outward show of bigotry and hate. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Charlottesville, Neo-Nazis, President Trump, Steve Daines
Opinion: Free market health care, anyone?
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Steve Daines, Montana’s junior U.S. senator, has voted—again—to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He’d voted for repeal on three dozen earlier occasions so I presume that he’s against the ACA. (more…) Continue Reading →
