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Aide Says Junior Senator Has Done More than Baucus, Williams, Mansfield combined

(BUTTE AMERICA) - During a recent meeting of the Butte Pachyderm Club (yes, they do exist in Butte), Cindy Perdue-Dolan, an aide to Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), told the group that “Conrad's done more for Butte than Baucus, Williams and Mansfield put together.”

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This one definitely lands in the ‘Things that make you go huh?’ category. But it's exactly what happens when Burns is in cycle – lies, threats, and misrepresentations that go unchecked.

Pearl Jam may play gig for Tester
By JENNIFER McKEE
Gazette State Bureau

HELENA - Negotiations are under way for headliner rock band Pearl Jam to play a Montana benefit concert for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Tester, a Big Sandy farmer and president of the state Senate.

Tester confirmed Monday that efforts were ongoing, but stressed that a concert is far from a done deal. No details were available Monday as to where and when the concert might be.

"They're working on it," Tester said "I don't know that it's going to happen. I hope it happens, but I don't know."

Pearl Jam is a famous alternative rock band. Tickets for a recently announced Canadian tour sold out in minutes.

Ed Kemmick, reporter for the Billings Gazette, has posted three entries on his blog City Lights about the Downing Street Memo,

Yesterday, during debate of the Patriot Act by the House Judiciary Committee, Republican chairman James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin (the same state that gave us Joseph McCarthy) abruptly walked out during the testimony of witnesses brought by Democratic members. He refused to yield to questions by Democrat members, then cut the microphones during witness testimony. It was all live on CSPAN. You can read and hear all the sordid details here: The Randi Rhodes Show

BIG SKY DEMOS LAUNCH STATEWIDE EFFORT

(BILLINGS) – Taking the Montana political scene by
storm, the Big Sky Democrats have launched a new,
statewide organizing effort to mobilize post-college
age voters.

With active operations up in Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Helena,
and Missoula the group of young progressives is carving out a special niche in the state: under 37-year-olds who want to build on the
Democratic gains of 2004.

Do you want to help build on the new Democratic
majority?

Apply to organize a local chapter of Big
Sky Democrats, Montana’s hottest new statewide group
of post-college age Democrats. The unpaid position
will build a new network of Montanans under age 37 in
Great Falls and the surrounding areas, and serve on
the BSD State Executive Committee. Send resume and
cover letter to BigSkyDemocrats@yahoo.com

Are you tired of right-wing Republicans dominating the
Flathead Valley?

Apply to organize a local chapter of
Big Sky Democrats, Montana’s hottest new statewide
group of post-college age Democrats. The unpaid
position will build a new network of Montanans under
age 37 in Kalispell and the surrounding areas, and
serve on the BSD State Executive Committee. Send
resume and cover letter to BigSkyDemocrats@yahoo.com

By MARY DALRYMPLE
The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 3, 2005; 7:51 PM

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top tax writers said Tuesday that they intend to crack down on an arrangement between charities and investors that uses life insurance policies as a tax shelter. More...

By CHARLES S. JOHNSON Gazette State Bureau

HELENA - One day it's a Los Angeles Times reporter here to interview Gov. Brian Schweitzer and a day or so later it's someone from the Boston Globe or USA Today. A writer followed Schweitzer around in the Legislature's waning days for a future story in the New York Times Sunday magazine.More...

By BOB ANEZ - Associated Press Writer - 05/03/05

HELENA — Montana's greatest military asset is the very big sky that gives the state its familiar nickname and Gov. Brian Schweitzer plans to exploit that next week when he meets with Pentagon officials who are preparing their list of proposed base closings. More...