And They Are Off! And Fall Flat On Their Face

And They Are Off! And Fall Flat On Their Face

In their never ending effort to consolidate political power, the Montana Senate leadership flopped in their effort to shuffle the cards for committee assignments by creating a new committee.  Nine Republican Senators joined Democrats in opposing rules being proposed by senate leadership.  The hang up was leadership’s proposal to create a new “Executive Branch Review Committee”.  It’s not exactly clear what the role of the new committee was supposed to be but numerous senators argued that is was a “parking spot” for senators the right-wing leadership of the senate viewed as problematic. The nine Senators are: Sen Loge, Sen McKamey, Sen Kassmier, Sen Temple, Sen Gellespie, Sen Hunter, Sen Vance, Sen Lammers and Sen Ellsworth.