November 2017
Why the Senate Tax Bill Hurts Montana Small Businesses & Main Street – Even with a change to benefit pass-through entities
On Monday Senate Daines announced that he would vote “No” on the Senate tax proposal, citing that the current bill does more for large...
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November 2017
US Senate Tax Plan in Montana: Winners and Losers
In mid-November, the House passed a tax plan that would add $1.5 trillion to the federal deficit and increase taxes on working and middle-class...
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November 2017
Montana Represents at National Budget & Policy Conference
The Montana Budget and Policy Center was well-represented by four of our six staff members at the IMPACT 2017 Conference held in Washington, DC last...
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November 2017
The House Republican Tax Plan: Lion’s Share of Tax Cut Given to Richest 1 Percent of Montana Households, Grows Over Time
Today the US House Ways and Means Committee will begin its work on the House Republican tax cut bill. House leadership continues to tout this tax...
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October 2017
Open Enrollment & the Alexander-Murray Bill
Open Enrollment for 2018 begins tomorrow, November 1st, and this year the enrollment period is shorter — lasting for only six weeks—from November...
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October 2017
Alexander-Murray Bill: Stabilizing the health insurance market is key to affordable health care
Earlier this week, Senators Alexander and Murray announced an agreement on a bipartisan bill to stabilize the individual health insurance market....
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October 2017
Who exactly is covered under CHIP in Montana?
At the end of September, Congress allowed funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) to expire. While Montana has funds to keep the...
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October 2017
What is Reconciliation?
Perhaps you recall hearing the term “reconciliation” earlier this year when Congress was fired up to repeal the ACA. Well, reconciliation is...
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