The Helena Independent Record (IR) recently published a story that was titled, “Tip of the iceberg.” The Missoulian ran the same story with the headline, “No earmarks stance a switch for Rehberg” and the Billings Gazette titled it, “Earmarks stand a switch for Rehberg.” Whichever article you read, the basis for the story was about Congressman Denny Rehberg’s decision to swear off earmarks entirely.

You can read that IR story HERE.

The sentence, “Democratic Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester openly fight for earmarks for Montana” caught my attention and therefore is the basis for this commentary. Continue reading →