Once Donald Trump secured the Presidency, Montana Senator Steve Daines began compiling a 'wish-list' of issues he wants the new President to tackle once he settles in to the Oval Office.
The Montana Energy Summit wrapped up in Billings on Thursday afternoon, and on Friday, Montana Senator Steve Daines stated that despite Montana's rich energy resources, the biggest enemy is inside the Beltway in Washington, D.C.
President Obama's emotional speech announcing proposed executive actions on gun control have had the opposite effect, with gun sales through a Missoula dealer mushrooming online.
'On August 3, President Obama and EPA announced the Clean Power Plan – a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change.'
Those were the opening lines in a Monday news release from the EPA...
Montana Congressman Steve Daines stated on Tuesday, October 8, that he does not, in the short term, see a path forward in the effort to find any common ground in the political fight between Republicans in the House and President Obama.
UPDATE - 4:30 p.m. Monday, September 30
As of Monday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. Montana Congressman Steve Daines was preparing to head back to the House floor to cast yet another vote that might result in a government shutdown.
1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin.
12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin.
The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility.