Montana: Jamee Greer

October 30, 2009 - 02:37 pm
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President Obama signs Ryan White reauthorization, lifts HIV travel ban

by Jamee Greer
This is cross-posted on Left in the West.
In what seems like history on fast-forward in the movement for LGBTI equality, today marked another milestone—equally important to the fight against the HIV virus—and in its support of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Today President Obama announced the signing of the Ryan White Treatment Extension Act [...]

July 7, 2009 - 07:58 pm
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Health Industry Lobbyists Spending $1.4 Million Per Day to Defeat Reform

by jhwygirl
….from an article over at the Washington post. (with a hat tip to Jamee Greer)
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That kind of information leaves me a bit speechless – so much could be said…
The hirings are part of a record-breaking influence campaign by the health-care industry, which is spending more than $1.4 million a day on lobbying in [...]

February 26, 2009 - 11:01 am
NEWS FEED: Left in the West

Links...

Long-time LiTW and 4&20 blackbird blogger, Jamee Greer, has his own blog. Bookmark it!

What's up with Montana Republicans? Can't they let a legislative session go without some sort of squealing and whining? Frankly, Scott Mendenhall should get on his knees and kiss Bob Bergen's feet for quashing the GOP's "right-to-work" bill. Remember the reaction to the "right-to-work" plank slipped into the party platform from its own supporters? Can you imagine how an attack on the unions would be received by the state electorate, especially on the heels of Republican obstructionism on CHIP?

And doesn't Representative Howard's self-righteous trilling on the Rotunda Report remind you of

February 26, 2009 - 11:01 am
NEWS FEED: Left in the West

Links...

Long-time LiTW and 4&20 blackbird blogger, Jamee Greer, has his own blog. Bookmark it!

What's up with Montana Republicans? Can't they let a legislative session go without some sort of squealing and whining? Frankly, Scott Mendenhall should get on his knees and kiss Bob Bergen's feet for quashing the GOP's "right-to-work" bill. Remember the reaction to the "right-to-work" plank slipped into the party platform from its own supporters? Can you imagine how an attack on the unions would be received by the state electorate, especially on the heels of Republican obstructionism on CHIP?

And doesn't Representative Howard's self-righteous trilling on the Rotunda Report remind you of

February 20, 2009 - 01:24 pm
NEWS FEED: Left in the West

Bill to require at least one American Indian on the Board of Pardons and Parole

We believe that recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, and justice; and that despite placement within our state's corrections system, any human's dignity and worth should not be denied or withheld for any reason. Yet it is especially heinous when a disparity exists between groups marked with the indelible labels of minority versus majority. HB 591, by Representative Pease-Lopez, attempts to correct one component of this disparity by requiring that one American Indian always be present on the State Board of Pardons and Parole.