Week Sixteen – Montana Legislature
As the Governor hasn’t acted on the budget we have sent him, and with most of our work complete, Speaker Milburn and Senate President Peterson decided that it was best to save the taxpayers the salary from 150 legislators and go into recess Wednesday at 5 PM until after Easter. That will give the Governor time to make his final decision on the budget we submitted. He has until Saturday (before Easter) to accept, reject, or amend it. I know he is receiving tremendous pressure from many groups to amend the budget. I hope that he has the courage and fortitude to (more…)

