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Max Baucus

Sen. Max Baucus, according to the AP, “has asked for a government investigation into the troubled Indian Health Service and how it allocates its resources around the country.”
Earlier this month, Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board has declared a health care emergency on the reservation. The tribe has asked Congress to look into delivery of medical [...]

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I applaud the fact that
A huge patchwork of privately owned forest in northwest Montana — much of it abutting wilderness, and together almost a third the size of Rhode Island — will be permanently protected from development under an agreement announced Monday by two private conservation groups, the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public [...]

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Well, at least they’re being honest about it now. Montana Republicans aren’t that fond of voting to decide who winners and losers of political contests are. Patty Lovaas, who got crushed by Bob Kelleher in the Republican Senate primary, is considering joining Mike Lange is his futile bid to run as an Independent, because democracy [...]

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I’m not a political expert by any means, but I’m not exactly sure that the most fortunate candidate in the history of the Senate should have his spokesman describe the upcoming campaign like this:
For one thing, said Barrett Kaiser, a Baucus spokesman, there will be no debates.
“Max plans on talking to Montanans across [...]

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Sure, to borrow a line from Dennis Miller (pre right-wing looney, actually funny days), I made Walter Mondale (look him up, kids) look like William the Conqueror (yeah, him too)  tonight in my first electoral bid, but the Montana electorate seems to have made a choice that takes away all that pain. We’re bound to [...]

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