Proposed Federal Budget, Interest Rates, Montana Budget

Missoulian: Trump's budget: Build up military, build the wall

America First: A Budget Blueprint To Make America Great Again

Missoulian: Federal Reserve raises rates again; chair notes economy is 'doing well'

 Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Missoulian: GOP majority knocks down budget amendments

HB 2: General Appropriations Act

Action - Most Recent First	Date	Votes Yes	Votes No
(H) Motion Carried	03/16/2017	72	26
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	59
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	42	58
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	59
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	42	58
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	59
(H) Motion Carried	03/16/2017	72	24
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	58
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	42	57
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	59
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	57
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	42	58
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	59
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	59
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed	03/16/2017	41	59
(H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried	03/16/2017	99	1

Russian Hackers, Healthcare Costs: Montana

Missoulian: US announces charges against Russian officers in Yahoo hack
U.S. Charges Russian FSB Officers and Their Criminal Conspirators for Hacking Yahoo and Millions of Email Accounts
“A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted four defendants, including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses in connection with a conspiracy, beginning in January 2014, to access Yahoo’s network and the contents of webmail accounts. The defendants are Dmitry Aleksandrovich Dokuchaev, 33, a Russian national and resident; Igor Anatolyevich Sushchin, 43, a Russian national and resident; Alexsey Alexseyevich Belan, aka “Magg,” 29, a Russian national and resident; and Karim Baratov, aka “Kay,” “Karim Taloverov” and “Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov,” 22, a Canadian and Kazakh national and a resident of Canada.”

Missoulian: GOP bill shifts millions in costs to Montana
H.R.1275 - World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017

Abortion Law, Bike Safety Bill Dies, New ACA = 24 Million Lose Health Insurance, and Overriding Lynx Decision

Missoulian: Bill says fetuses can feel pain, outlaws abortion after 20 weeks
SB 329: Adopt the Montana Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Missoulian: Senate president calls cyclists 'rude,' 'self-centered' before safety bill dies HB 267: Revise laws related to bicycles on roadways

Missoulian: Congress' analyst: 14M lose coverage under GOP health bill

American Health Care Act

“CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 24 million in 2026 relative to current law.” 

Missoulian: Tester, Daines resume effort to overturn lynx decision

History of S. 605 - A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal...

Montanans Must Have Passports to Fly

Missoulian: Without valid ID, Montanans will soon no longer be allowed to fly commercially

U.S. Passports and International Travel