Helena, MT -- Montana Democratic Party spokesman Chris Saeger released this statement today in response to Congressman Dennis Rehberg's admission that he has not read the Rep. Paul Ryan's budget:
"Congressman Rehberg is an appropriations subcommittee chairman who says he supports a budget plan, while admitting he hasn't even read it--four days after it was introduced. The controversial budget plan raises the debt and ends Medicare as we know it. Rehberg's blind support for it is irresponsible and lazy, and Montanans deserve better in Congress."
Congressman Rehberg expressed support on Tuesday for the Ryan budget.
Congressman Rehberg follows Congressional extremists to take Montana down the Path to Poverty
Helena, MT -- Millionaire Congressman Dennis Rehberg is trying to tap dance around his support for an unpopular GOP budget plan that ends Medicare as we know it and increases the federal debt, but he's not fooling ordinary Montanans.
“Congressman Rehberg voted just last week to spend $300 million on a experimental school voucher program in Washington, D.C., putting our nation another $300 million in debt," said Ted Dick, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party. "Now Congressman Rehberg wants to eliminate Medicare altogether, and that speaks volumes to where his priorities are. His irresponsible plan will do nothing to fix the federal deficit. This legislation might feel good to Congressman Rehberg and his extremist friends, but it would hurt Montana.”
In the short run, Rehberg's plan increases the cost of prescription drugs and ends access to preventative care for seniors. Altogether, the Rehberg plan will end Medicare for 20 million Americans starting in 2022.
Helena, MT -- The Montana Democratic Party is seeking public comment on its delegate selection process for the next 30 days. The Party's proposed plan can be found at www.montanademocrats.org/2012DelegatePlan.
The public can submit comments on the plan by sending an email to publiccomment@montanademocrats.org, or by mailing a printed copy to Montana Democrats, Attn: Party Affairs, PO Box 802, Helena, MT 59624.
Montana has a total of twenty five delegates and two alternates to send to the Democratic National Committee's 2012 National Convention. The Convention will be held in Charlotte, NC, and is scheduled to be held during the week of September 3rd. The purpose of the convention is to nominate the Democratic Presidential Candidate for the 2012 elections.
Montana's millionaire Congressman willing to take a government check for not working
Helena, MT --Montana's millionaire Congressman Dennis Rehberg today voted against a measure that would stop pay for members of Congress in the event of a government shutdown.
Montana Democratic Party Executive Director Ted Dick released this statement in response to Rehberg's vote:
"Congressman Rehberg should listen to Montanans and follow Jon Tester's lead -- no Congressman should receive government pay if they want to shut down the government. Montana's millionaire Congressman could afford to go a few weeks without pay, but apparently he's willing to take a federal check even when he's not on the job."
A bill sponsored by Jon Tester that would stop Congressional paychecks during a government shutdown has already passed the Senate. [Reuters, 3/2/2011]
Senate GOP pushes through budget in a bid to hide true agenda
Helena, MT -- Following months of partisan rhetoric about a range of legislative issues from spear hunting to the Code of the West, Republican leaders in the state Senate are devoting only one day of discussion to the state budget.
Montana Democratic Party Executive Director Ted Dick released this statement in response to Republican attempts to push through the budget without adequate public discussion:
