All is Quiet

We can all breathe just a little easier for the next couple of weeks as the House of Representatives and the Senate are both in recess for the Easter break, or at least that’s what I call it.

The House is calling their March 17-28 break a politically correct, “Spring District Work Period” on their calendar. The Senate calls their March 15-30 break a less politically correct, “State Work Period, Easter.”

The Senate will hold “pro forma sessions” to prevent the President from making any recess appointments. Those rascals!

These Senators and Representatives may even come home for a few days, especially those running for re-election in November! Others will take vacations, I mean taxpayer-funded trips called a “CODEL,” to gather “information” on issues that may come before them in Congress. Life is good!

The End is Near…then the fun starts!

Thursday, March 20 at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline for candidates to file for office in Montana! Then the fun starts! I expect some interesting people to file at the last minute. The Montana Secretary of State’s office has a handy dandy website to check to see who has filed for office. You can access it HERE. June 3^rd is the Primary Election.

Unfortunately, I would like to announce that Jack the Blogger will not be a candidate for any public office this year, although running against Max Baucus would have been fun, especially in debates! I apologize to all my friends and supporters for not running, but due to the lack of a war chest, and keeping my perfect record in tact (1-0 in elections for public office), I decided against taking the chance…this time, maybe.