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Maroon and Silver vs. Blue and Gold, that’s the name of the game this week in Montana, or should I say ‘The Brawl of the Wild’? For the last four years, Montana Attorney General Tim (I Bleed Maroon) Fox, and Montana Senator Steve (Go Cats Go) Daines have been making a bet over the cross-state Grizzly Bobcat football game, and this year is no different. For three out of the last four years, Fox has had the advantage over Daines, with victories in both Missoula and Bozeman.“I was fortunate enough to win the first three and so Senator Daines has

It’s safe to say The Montana Standard has not been in lockstep with Sen. Steve Daines on the issues. We have taken exception to his citation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s clueless promise to “clean up the Berkeley Pit” in announcing his support for Pruitt’s confirmation. We have not seen eye to eye with him on issues of heath care in particular, and we were recently disappointed that he did not find the political will to co-sponsor a bill to ban the importation, sale and industrial use of asbestos, a lethal mineral that has killed hundreds if not thousands of

Two U.S. Senators who had endorsed Roy Moore’s candidacy withdrew their support, one day after a Washington Post report alleging that he had pursued teenagers when he was in his thirties. Montana Senator Steve Daines and Utah Senator Mike Lee both revoked their support Friday evening. “Having read the detailed description of the incidents, as well as the response from Judge Moore and his campaign, I can no longer endorse his candidacy for the US Senate,” Lee wrote on Twitter at approximately 6 p.m. E.T. Daines retweeted Lee’s tweet, and, two minutes later, followed with his own statement. “I am

Senators Mike Lee and Steve Daines, of Utah and Montana respectively, said Friday that they would pull their endorsements of Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Alabama senator, after allegations that Moore pursued sexual encounters with teenage girls nearly 40 years ago. “Having read the detailed description of the incidents, as well as the response from Judge Moore and his campaign, I can no longer endorse his candidacy for the US Senate,” Lee wrote on Twitter Friday. Daines said on Twitter shortly after that he would also be pulling his endorsement. The Washington Post published a bombshell report Thursday in

A draft bill proposing wide changes to public forest management includes a provision by Sen. Steve Daines overturning a federal court ruling on endangered species habitat. Daines, R-Mont., discussed the Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Wednesday. The full bill, by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., hasn’t been formally introduced yet. “We have had one of the most devastating fire seasons this year across the West and in Montana,” Daines wrote in an email. “We need forest management reform now to reduce the severity and intensity of wildfires and create

Four Republican senators unveiled draft legislation Monday aimed at preventing and mitigating wildfires by making it easier to cut down and remove trees and brush.   The legislation from Sens. John Barrasso (Wyo.), Orrin Hatch (Utah), John Thune (S.D.) and Steve Daines (Mont.) comes amid a particularly destructive wildfire season in the West, which has prompted unprecedented federal aid and congressional attention.   The GOP bill contrasts with a bipartisan wildfire management bill that a handful of senators introduced last week.   The bill from Barrasso and his colleagues focuses primarily on trying to make it easier to remove wood

Senate Republicans wrote to Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and said that having the Senate stay open on Fridays and possibly the weekends is not good enough. Republican lawmakers urged the Senate Majority Leader to “turn the Senate on full time, 24/7, to advance the president’s agenda.” Nine Republican senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Mitch McConnell after McConnell finally cracked under pressure from conservatives and populists alike and decided to extend the Senate’s workweek into Fridays and even possibly the weekend. The nine Republican senators includes: Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD), Luther Strange (R-AL), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Steve

GOP Sen. Steve Daines (Mont.) is set to troll Democrats for a second time this year over whether or not they support a single-payer health-care system. The GOP senator has filed an amendment to the fiscal year 2018 budget, which is currently being debated in the Senate, on creating a Medicare for all program favored by progressive lawmakers and outside groups. The amendment supports “establishing a single payer health care system, which may include a Medicare-for-all national health care insurance program” as long as it doesn’t increase the deficit over a four-year or 10-year period. Daines doesn’t support a single-payer

Technology is the great equalizer. There’s no reason Missoula can’t compete with Silicon Valley and that’s the message we heard at the Montana High Tech Jobs Summit. Last week, close to 700 Montanans came out to the University of Montana to talk about the growth of high tech jobs in our state. Technology has removed geography as a constraint to doing business and the opportunities are endless. Our big sky and Montana way of life are our greatest recruiting tools as Montana takes hold of the future – a future we know lies in technology. We had a first-class lineup

Now that the dust has settled on President Donald Trump’s tax reform plans, Montana’s congressional delegation likes what it sees, though not without a few changes. Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines, along with Montana’s lone U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte say they will support tax cuts if done right. For Tester, a Democrat, that means more tax relief for the middle class and small businesses. “There are some things in here, once it gets hammered out, that could be possible, but I’m looking at it as ‘Is it simplified? Does it benefit small businesses and middle-class families?’” House and Senate