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Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale tells us why he refused to take a phone call from former President Donald Trump as Republicans were in the middle of an historic debate over electing the Speaker of the House.

We caught up with Senate Majority Leader Steve Fitzpatrick (R-Great Falls) before Friday's "Co-op Days at the Capitol" event put together by the Montana Electric Cooperatives Association.

Speaker Regier reminded listeners that the voters elected a Republican Supermajority. "The people in Montana sent 68 of us here in the House, and I think it's time that we start acting like the majority that we are."

Zinke delivers the final decisive vote. And Rosendale rejects a phone call from President Trump? McCarthy elected Speaker. Here's some of the Montana specific highlights.

Representative-elect Matt Rosendale: "You can send any mouthpiece up here that's willing to go along and push a green button for leadership. And that's not what I was sent up here to do."

Zinke noted that over 90% of the GOP caucus is behind McCarthy, including half of the Freedom Caucus members, Jim Jordan, and former President Donald Trump.

Montana lawmakers were sworn into the legislature on Monday for the 2023 legislative session, and we'll be there with our LIVE show from the Montana capitol for Friday's "Montana Talks" statewide radio show with Aaron Flint.

You know about the snowplow...but have you seen "the towplow" in action in Montana? Now that the snow has stopped bombarding the state for a few days after the pre-Christmas arctic plunge, I wanted to take some time to look back at a cool conversation I had with Montana Department of Transportation Director Mack Long.

Soda or pop? How do you say it? Some of you probably dodge the debate altogether and just call it "soda pop." Kind of like saying pickup truck instead of pickup or truck. As a kid in Northeast Montana, we always said pop.

You've likely heard the national news media attention being given to the debate dividing Republicans in Congress, but what is the big debate dividing Republicans in the Montana Legislature this week? Much like the US House...House rules.