Denny Rehberg

Rehberg Cashes in from Citizens United—Directly

January 26, 2012

Not only is Representative Rehberg championing the right of corporations to pollute Montana politics, he’s benefiting financially from those who were responsible for the Supreme Court decision to allow limitless, secret corporate contributions to campaigns: In a news release, Tester’s campaign will point out that Rehberg accepted a $10,000 donation from the conservative group Citizens [...]

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Rehberg Believes Corporations Are People Too

January 25, 2012

Senator Tester and Senator Baucus are standing up for Montana’s law and the relatively obvious idea that free speech rights attach to people, not multinational corporations, reports KXLH’s Marnee Banks. Representative Rehberg, on the other hand, likes the idea of massive corporate polluting the electoral process: Congressman Denny Rehberg won’t support the amendment. He says [...]

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Montana Blog Round Up 15 January 2012

January 15, 2012

Highlighting some of the most interesting and provocative posts in the past week at Montana blogs. D Gregory Smith pointed out, that despite constantly talking about his availability to Montanans, Representative Rehberg has been awfully unwilling to meet with them lately. Montana Cowgirl found it interesting that Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill would depict himself [...]

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Budget-Busting Dennis Compares Himself to Reagan

January 12, 2012

In announcing his bid for the U.S. Senate Erik Iverson Dennis Rehberg offered this fascinating condemnation of Jon Tester and comparison between himself and a Republican hero: He said the federal debt has almost doubled since Tester became a senator in 2007, that Tester voted for the 2009 economic-stimulus bill that "was a government solution [...]

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When Jon Tester Makes the New York Times…

January 10, 2012

it’s because it’s newsworthy that a member of the Senate lives a life like an ordinary American—and because he loves his Montana beef: An evening around their table is informal (dinner is served family style and everyone clears his or her own plate) and amusing, with the conversation veering from President Obama’s jobs bill to [...]

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Rehberg Keeps Lying About and Cutting Pell Grants for MT Students

January 9, 2012

Last week, as Representative Rehberg went on his Talking Points Tour of Montana editorial boards, he dropped by the Missoulian and offered this gem: Among the priorities Rehberg said he’d protect from cuts, Pell grants for college students was the first mentioned. He said he worked to maintain the $5,550 annual top grant, but also [...]

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Representative Rehberg (R-Black Lung Disease) Profiled in the New York Times

December 23, 2011

Eric Lipton, writing in the New York Times, describes a unique cause for a budget-conscious member of the House, selling himself out to the mining industry so indiscriminately that he’s willing to risk the health and safety of workers and cost the federal government billions of dollars in disability payments. Unsurprisingly, that members of the [...]

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Rehberg Votes Against Montana Families, For Increased Taxes

December 20, 2011

Today, Representative Rehberg put his commitment to the TEA Party ahead of the interests of workers and their families, voting against a common sense compromise to continue payroll tax deductions for Montana workers. This was no radical proposal he rejected. The Senate voted 89-10 to support the measure. House Speaker Boehner (hardly a progressive thinker) [...]

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