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Denny's Deep Pockets

Denny's Money Bag

With a net worth of nearly $11 million, Denny Rehberg maintains one of the deepest pockets in Congress.
Of 535 U.S. senators and representatives, Rehberg ranked 24th on The Hill’s "50 Wealthiest List of 2010.”
“It’s all coming clear,” said Martin Kidston, spokesman for the Montana Democratic Party. “Birds of a feather flock together, so it’s any wonder Rehberg votes to protect Washington’s big money interest and his wealthy allies.”
In recent months, Rehberg voted against the DISCLOSE Act, which would have shed light on the hundreds of millions of dollars corporations and special interests spend influencing elections. With money of his own, Rehberg also voted against extending unemployment benefits to laid-off Montana workers.

Has Denny Rehberg Gone AWOL?

Where in the world is Denny Rehberg on this first day of September?

Two weeks ago, the Montana GOP promoted Rehberg’s accessibility during his short and poorly-attended listening tour, which was comprised largely of Tea Party followers.

Now that Rehberg’s publicity stunt is over, he has dropped off the radar and hasn’t updated his schedule since August 25. Is he on vacation? Is he campaigning? Is he even in Montana?

Montana Dems Building Momentum Toward November

The Montana Democratic Party is urging supporters to get out and vote while focusing on key issues ranging from economic development to veterans and health care.

MDP Chairman Jim Elliott praised the party’s hard work and positive message.

“The almost unprecedented high levels of enthusiasm, commitment and organization that I’m seeing in our campaign workers and candidates will translate into impressive victories in the coming election,” Elliott said.

G.F. Tribune: Rehberg’s earmark ban: stunt or reform?

WASHINGTON — Eyebrows rose last spring in Montana and Washington when Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg announced that, along with other House Republi­cans, he would swear off ear­marks for fiscal year 2011.

Rehberg, an Appropriations Committee member, ranked fifth among the House’s 435 members in dollars spent on earmarks in 2010, and first in number of “pork” proj­ects, at 89, according to the nonparti­san budget watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste.

Rehberg Betrays Community Hospital

In a Billings Gazette story published Wednesday, Gary Bostrom, the CFO/CEO at Roundup Memorial, called his hospital “cash poor.” It’s one of the reasons why Roundup voters passed a 20-mill levy to keep the facility open.

In the story, Bostrom also credited Denny Rehberg for including $330,000 in the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill. The money, Bostrom said, would help create a centralized registration and waiting room that unites the hospital and the clinic, while providing for some renovations.

Rehberg Swears Off Earmarks... But Not Really

In the spring of 2006, Denny Rehberg said earmarks were “misunderstood.” That winter, he called them “prioritized spending.” By March 2010, they’d become a “symbol of abuse and waste in Washington,” and Rehberg swore them off completely.

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