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Concerned about the way federal agencies investigate missing and murdered Native American women, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines is asking the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to come to Montana for a field hearing. The hearing would be a follow up to the committee’s December oversight hearing of the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs’ handling of missing women reports in Indian Country. It’s believed that at least two dozen Native American women in Montana were reported murdered or missing in 2018. Meeting in Montana, the committee would hear from the friends and families of missing and murdered Native American women, Daines

HELENA – Drug prices was one of the topics U.S. Senator Steve Daines discussed with lawmakers on Friday. The Republican addressed the legislature and spoke briefly with reporters about his priorities for Congress. When asked what solution he would like to see for border security — and keeping the government open, in two weeks — Sen. Daines said he still thinks a partial wall along the Southern border is a reasonable request. But, above all, he wants both sides to compromise. “The right answer is to come up with a bipartisan solution,” Daines said. “Nancy Pelosi said we’re not going to negotiate until the

Permanently banning new mining claims north of Yellowstone National Park and renewing a popular conservation fund are closer to reality, as the U.S. Senate plans to take up a broad lands bill including the two measures next week. The bill, S. 47, contains a variety of public lands legislation across the country including two measures that have been important to the Montana congressional delegation — the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act and the reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Representatives from the offices of Montana’s two senators have told the Chronicle the bill will hit the Senate floor early

HELENA – Sen. Steve Daines told state lawmakers Friday that Montanans don’t want a government that reaches “deeper” into their pockets and wanted courts with judges without political agendas. The Montana Republican spoke to state House members during a 30-minute speech in which he discussed topics such as the honor of public service, a memorial being approved for a slain Broadwater County deputy, job creation, term limits,  lower prescription drug prices and the Keystone XL Pipeline. “I will not stop fighting for common sense solutions on issues that mean the most to Montanans,” he said. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester spoke

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R.Mont., has  announced that he is cosponsoring the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019. The bill would fully repeal the federal estate tax, also known as “the death tax.” “The death tax hits Montana’s farming and ranch families the hardest and often results in the break-up of family farms,” Daines said. “Families who are dealing with the death of a loved one shouldn’t have to worry about what is going to happen to their land. I’m glad that were able to double the death tax exemption in the last Congress. Now it’s time for full repeal.”

The wife of a Broadwater County deputy slain in the line of duty in 2017 will be Sen. Steve Daines’ guest at President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union address. Jodi Moore, wife of Broadwater County Deputy Sheriff Mason Moore, will join Daines Feb. 5.  Deputy Mason Moore was shot and killed while on duty in May 2017. He left behind three children and his wife.  “No spouse should ever have to go through the pain she and her family did when Mason was tragically killed. And because of that, she has been a tireless advocate for Montana’s first

Sen. Steve Daines is requesting a field hearing in Montana to explore the growing issue of missing and murdered indigenous people.  The Republican from Montana wrote to the chairman and vice chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs Tuesday asking for the meeting.  He noted that May 5th is marked as a national day of awareness to shed light on the number of native women who go missing or are murdered.  His letter lists several women by name who have made headlines for years in Montana. Cases like Henny Scott who was found dead on December 28 near Lodge Grass,

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican, has teamed up with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, to block a loophole abusing the conservation easement tax benefit. The pair reintroduced the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2019 on Thursday. It would limit tax deductions on conservation easements to 2.5 times the owners original cost for the property. An Internal Revenue Service report to Congress noted that abuses of the benefit totaled $20 billion between 2010 and 2016, with some owners claiming 20 times their original purchase price on the easement deduction. “The conservation easement tax incentive is meant to

WASHINGTON — As Wednesday rounds out the 26th day of the government shutdown, it continued to dominate conversations in Washington, D.C., including ours with Republican Sen. Steve Daines. We had a bright and early start when we shadowed him Wednesday, just as we did with Sen. Jon Tester Tuesday. He took us on a personal tour of the Capitol building and even to the Senate floor, where no cameras are allowed. From there, the Montana Coffee, where Daines was joined by Tester and Rep. Greg Gianforte, a one-stop delegation event held every Wednesday for Montana constituents. “It’s a unique Montana