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- End is in sight for Legislature
- CHIP triggers budget walkout
- Capitol Moment:
- House withdraws from talks on key bill
- House endorses carbon sequestration compromise
- House rejects Senate version of state budget
- The voters had it right on CHIP
- CHIP funding battle wages on
- Autism mandate passes in the House
- Rep. Jopek says Senate must fund programs in property tax mitigation bill
- Panel OKs bill to expand insurance subsidy
- House approves bridge access bill, sends to governor
- Democrats promise fight over CHIP cuts
- HB 645 Passes House Easily
- Van Dyk to Carry Brandon’s Bill in House
- Bridge access bill clears Senate committee
- Stimulus bill passes in the House
- OPINION: Did a Monsanto-Hosted Dinner Kill the Montana Farmer Protection Bill?
- Missoula senator returns to work after her surgery
- Key panel approves stimulus measure
- SB 221 - Addressing Animal Cruelty
- Addressing animal hoarding
- Bridge access bill near compromise
- Tax credit for working poor gains House’s OK
- SB 447 and SJ 29 - focusing on DNA Evidence
"I think that it’s going to all work out, with the changes that we have agreed to. It’s not as much (spending for some programs) as I would’ve hoped, but apparently it’s more than other people wanted. As usual, we are trying to find the middle.” 
"[On term limits:] You empower the executive, you empower the lobbyists and that's not good for the system because then we lose what the citizen Legislature brings.” 