FARRM Bill / Corporate Personhood / Fires

Missoulian: House farm bill draws Montana concern 
 

H.R. 6083: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk ManagementAct of 2012

FARRM summery (From, House Committee on Agriculture)

“The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act is a bipartisan bill that saves taxpayers money, reduces the nation’s deficit, and repeals outdated policies while reforming, streamlining, and consolidating others. It is the product of a two-year process that included auditing for effectiveness and efficiency every single policy under the jurisdiction of the House Committee on Agriculture. The result is legislation that cuts spending, reduces the size of government, and makes common-sense reforms.”

Missoulian: Initiative declaring corporations aren't humanscertified for Montana ballot

BALLOTLANGUAGE FOR INITIATIVE NO. 166 

“Ballot initiative I-166 establishes a state policy that corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights because they are not human beings, and charges Montana elected and appointed officials, state and federal, to implement that policy. With this policy, the people of Montana establish that there should be a level playing field in campaign spending, in part by prohibiting corporate campaign contributions and expenditures and by limiting political spending in elections. Further, Montana’s congressional delegation is charged with proposing a joint resolution offering an amendment to the United States Constitution establishing that corporations are not human beings entitled to constitutional rights.”

Missoulian: Dry conditions, beetle-killed trees raise dangeron 1,200-acre Bitterroot fire 

Montana Fire Information