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HELENA- Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) is pushing U.S. Congress to pass an extension of the production tax credit. Companies currently generating wind, solar, geothermal and bioenergy can get a tax credit for the first 10 years the facility is ...  

Brian Schweitzer are urging Congress to extend a production tax credit for the wind power industry. Salazar and Schweitzer said in a call with reporters Friday that energy producers aren't able to plan for next year and beyond without knowing ...  

HELENA, Mont.—Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer are urging Congress to extend a production tax credit for the wind power industry. Salazar and Schweitzer said in a call with reporters Friday that energy producers ...  

HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday told fellow Missouri River governors that downstream states need to implement new strategies for mitigating floods that don't involve drastically drawing down upstream reservoirs such as Fort Peck.  

Public Policy Polling (PDF). 4/26-29. Usual Democratic primary voters. MoE 5.4% Max Baucus (D) 37 Brian Schweitzer (D) 48 As chair of the Senate finance committee, Sen. Max Baucus led the charge against even cursory exploration of a single-payer system (which could've been used, at worst, as a bargaining chip toward making the public option the default compromise), then hosted the so-called Gang of Six "negotiations" with Sens. Olympia Snowe...  

Flathead BeaconBrian Schweitzer, Montana Governor, Throws Support Behind Overturning Citizens ...Huffington PostFederal Election Commission and of corporate money in politics, according to its Democratic governor, Brian Schweitzer. On Thursday, Schweitzer and Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger, a Republican, held a press conference to announce their support for state ...Schweitzer, Bohlinger say I-166 will keep corruption out of politicsKAJ18 Kalispell...  

As chair of the Senate finance committee, Sen. Max Baucus led the charge against even cursory exploration of a single-payer system (which could’ve been used, at worst, as a bargaining chip toward making the public option the default compromise), then ...  

As his second term approaches an end, Brian Schweitzer continues to be one of the most popular governors in the nation, according to a May 15 poll from Public Policy Polling. Montanans give Schweitzer a 52 percent approval rating and only a 36 percent disapproval rating. Polling institutions always love to put Schweitzer in hypothetical future matchups as well, no matter how many times he swears that he wants nothing to do with Washington D.C...  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer had early warnings that last summer's Missouri River flooding would be severe. As he read accounts of downstream flooding in North Dakota, Schweitzer was getting state agency reports that a large snow melt in western Montana's Rocky Mountains - a major source of Missouri water - had barely started.  

It’s way too early to be talking about the 2016 presidential race, so naturally Public Policy Polling released a poll yesterday looking at the 2016 presidential primaries. If this poll matters and Gov. Brian Schweitzer cares, things don’t look good for his hypothetical presidential run in 2016. But the poll doesn’t really matter and Schweitzer, I would guess, doesn’t really care, considering that it’s only 2012 and he has repeatedly stated...  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who appears on the "Late Show with David Letterman" tonight, parked a tractor-trailer in Times Square Tuesday and handed out beef jerky and huckleberry jam. Schweitzer says his trip to the Big Apple to promote tourism is timely because United Airlines begins offering direct flights from Newark to Bozeman on June 9. Here's a video from his trip. Governor Brian Schweitzer visits the Big Apple from Pangolin...  

The governor of Montana has made quite a bit of news the last few weeks – from his comments on polygamy to his proposed pension fix to scenes of him passing out beef jerky in Times Square – once again raising the question of what Brian Schweitzer’s intentions are after he leaves office. For his part, Schweitzer has said he has no plans to run for public office anytime soon. He will work in the private sector, or – as he told late night talk...  

HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Thursday backed an initiative that aims to undermine a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision granting constitutional political speech protections to corporations. Schweitzer signed onto the initiative that could appear on the November ballot if backers gather enough support, about 25,000 required signatures from Montana voters. Supporters said they had already gathered about 5,000 signatures in less than two weeks.  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer defended his remarks on Mitt Romney's Mormon heritage, saying his comment that Romney's father had grown up on a "polygamy commune" was taken the wrong way."People are taking this far away from where I was discussing," Schweitzer, a Democrat, said in an interview Monday with CNN. "I was saying that Mitt Romney currently has a problem with Latino voters. And it is ironic that his father had come from Mexico. You...  

BUTTE- Silver Bow Creek was once considered unfishable but thanks to the cleanup efforts of the county, people are back at it again for the first time in over 100 years, including Governor Brian Schweitzer. Schweitzer along with fishing legend ...  

HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer has chosen Brig. Gen. Matthew Quinn to take over as adjutant general of the Montana National Guard. Former Guard leader John Walsh recently stepped down to run for lieutenant governor on Democrat Steve Bullock's ticket.  

HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer proposed an aggressive public pension fix Tuesday, a plan that comes as he nears the end of his term and one that faces a very uncertain future when it goes to his successor and the Legislature next year for potential implementation. Key aspects of the proposal met with immediate criticism from a leading Republican candidate to replace Schweitzer. The leading Democrat was more receptive.  

The three-person board submitted its recommendation to Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who will make the final decision whether to grant Smith clemency and commute his sentence to life in prison without parole. Schweitzer’s office gave no timeline Monday for his ...  

Our ever-chatty, never-boring governor is making national headlines for some comments he made about Mitt Romney and Mormonism in an interview with The Daily Beast yesterday. Gov. Brian Schweitzer told The Daily Beast that Romney could have some issues in this election because his father was "born on a polygamy commune in Mexico." Ben Jacobs of The Daily Beast reports: While discussing swing states, Schweitzer said Romney would have a “tall...  

When Stan Stephens was elected as Montana’s 20th governor in 1988, replacing Democrat Ted Schwinden, it started a run of 16 straight years of Republican control in the governor’s office. That streak was broken when political newcomer Brian Schweitzer claimed a victory for the Democrats in 2004 and was then reelected in 2008. With Schweitzer now term limited, the door is open for Republicans to once again take the state’s gubernatorial reins...  

HELENA — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has big plans for promoting a new direct flight from New York City to Bozeman. Schweitzer says he is scheduled to be on the Late Show with David Letterman on April 25. Letterman owns a ranch north of Helena and is one of Montana's most famous part time residents. The governor says the state is placing murals of Montana attractions and wildlife on a dozen city delivery trucks.  

I am not alleging by any stretch that Romney is a polygamist and approves of [the] polygamy lifestyle, but his father was born into [a] polygamy commune in Mexico.” Romney's father, the late Michigan governor George Romney, was born in ...  

Video - Governor Of Montana Brian Schweitzer Shares Joke With Photographers ...Contactmusic.com7-year Governor of Montana Brian Schweitzer jokes with photographers as he arrives outside the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York for his appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. He stops for photos then greets and waves across the street at the ...and more »  

HELENA — A Republican state lawmaker thinks Gov. Brian Schweitzer broke the law earlier this year when he authorized the transport of more than 60 bison from a quarantine facility near Yellowstone National Park to northeastern Montana's Fort Peck Indian Reservation.  

HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer and his wife, Nancy Schweitzer, paid $21,987 in federal and state income taxes in 2011 on an adjusted gross income of $157,990. Tax records released by the governor’s office showed the Schweitzers paid $16,152 in federal ...  

HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer and his wife, Nancy Schweitzer, paid $21,987 in federal and state income taxes in 2011 on an adjusted gross income of $157,990. Tax records released by the governor’s office showed the Schweitzers paid $16,152 in federal ...  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is defending his “polygamy commune” comments about Mitt Romney’s Mexican family roots and why his Mormon faith could be an electoral liability with Latinos and women voters. “People are taking this far away ...  

In 2008, the Obama campaign had 50 staffers in the state ... a state where one Democratic slogan with statewide appeal is “God, Guns, and Gays: Love em’ all.” The presidential contest aside, Democrats are hopeful for their prospects ...  

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Really?  The "War on Women" thing failed.  The dog thing has backfired spectacularly.  And now this from Dem. Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana:The Daily Beast contacted the office of Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer today to talk about whether his state would be in play in the 2012 presidential election. About a half hour later, the governor called back, and he had a lot to say. He didn’t think that Montana would be a swing state, but the...  

HELENA -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer and his wife, Nancy Schweitzer paid $21,987 in federal and state income taxes in 2011 on an adjusted gross income of $157,990. Tax records released by the governor's office showed the Schweitzers paid $16,152 in federal ...  

Governor Brian Schweitzer Speaks on MT TourismKFBB NewsChannel 5By Ashlie Rodriguez Gov. Brian Schweitzer, recently named one of the nations most popular governors, brought motivation and optimism to the 2012 Conference on Tourism and Recreation in Great Falls. "It's getting people talking about Montana," ...Governor Schweitzer To Help Launch New Tourism CampaignNBC Montanaall 4 news articles »  

Mark Steyn on the Democrats and the holes they dig for themselves: For their next exploding cigar, the Democrats chose polygamy. Brian Schweitzer, the Democrat governor of Montana, remarked that Romney was unlikely to appeal to women because his father was "born on a polygamy commune." Eighty-six percent of women, noted Gov. Schweitzer with a keenly forensic demographic eye, are "not great fans of polygamy." You can understand the 86 percent's...  

It’s way too early to be talking about the 2016 presidential race, so naturally Public Policy Polling released a poll yesterday looking at the 2016 presidential primaries. If this poll matters and Gov. Brian Schweitzer cares, things don’t look good for ...  

Indian Country Today Media Network.comGovernor Brian Schweitzer says not interested in Washington D.C.KTVQ Billings NewsBILLINGS - Q2 sat down with Governor Brian Schweitzer Monday to talk about his plans as he wraps up his final eight months as Montana's top official. He's now focusing on his plan to address pension issues across the state and creating a health clinic ...Native Educators Honor Montana GovernorIndian Country Today Media...  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) is causing a bit of a stir with his comment that Mitt Romney’s family came from a “polygamy commune.” In an interview with the Daily Beast on Thursday, the outspoken governor suggested Romney could identify with Latinos better if he talked about his family’s roots in Mexico. Read full article >>  

A day after Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) said that Mitt Romney’s family came from “a polygamy commune in Mexico,” the presumptive Republican presidential nominee defended his father in an interview with Fox News. Read full article >>  

Via Hot Air comes this… I’m not sure what it is, besides pathetic. Anyway, Brian Schweitzer is apparently reveling in the curious freedom of being term-limited as the (Democratic) Governor of Montana; he decided to give The Daily Beast an ...  

HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer proposed an aggressive public pension fix Tuesday, a plan that comes as he nears the end of his term and one that faces a very uncertain future when it goes to his successor and the Legislature next year for potential implementation.  

The recommendation from the three-person board was submitted to Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who will make the final decision whether to grant clemency and commute Smith’s sentence to life in prison without parole. Schweitzer gave no timeline Monday for his ...  

Governor Brian Scheitzer has been making lots of headlines lately – first, he announced that he would be appearing on the David Letterman show on Wednesday, April 25th. Pretty cool – not often a governor appears on Letterman, let alone anyone from Montana. And since Letterman lives (part time) just up the road from [...]  

HELENA - Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) put his signature on a petition that he claims will keep corruption out of politics. Schweitzer and Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger both signed ballot initiative 166 at the Capitol on Thursday.  

About 50 children submitted their favorite family recipe or illustration that includes ingredients that could be grown in a garden. 3rd graders James and Nicole went on a tour of the Capitol today and received Nancy's Garden gift baskets.  

Schweitzer appears on LettermanKRTV Great Falls NewsGovernor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman" on Wednesday evening to pitch a non-stop flight from Newark to Bozeman, and Montana tourism. He strolled onto the stage wearing his typical attire: blue jeans and a bolo ...MT Bale Trail team makes CBS pitch, meets up with Schweitzer in NYCKAJ18 Kalispell Montana Newsall 10 news articles »  

HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Thursday backed an initiative that aims to undermine a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision granting constitutional political speech protections to corporations.  

BloombergSchweitzer Says Obama Should Run on Economic Record (Transcript)BusinessWeekMontana's Democratic governor, Brian Schweitzer said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's “Political Capital With Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that President Barack Obama has the advantage for re-election and should campaign on his economic ...Schweitzer on Political Capital with Al HuntWashington Postall 25 news articles »  

HELENA -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer will appear on the "Late Show with David Letterman" show Wednesday, with the late-night gig coming as part of a Big Apple tour promoting Montana products and as a vacation destination. The Letterman program begins at 10:30 ...  

HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer will appear on the “Late Show with David Letterman” show Wednesday, with the late-night gig coming as part of a Big Apple tour promoting Montana products and as a vacation destination. The Letterman program begins at 10 ...  

When Gov. Brian Schweitzer appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” last week, he was asked what he planned to do when he got out of office. “Well, I think I’m going to fish in the morning, drink whiskey in the afternoon,” Schweitzer told Letterman.  

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer said President Barack Obama has the advantage for re-election and should campaign on his economic record, not as a populist. “If you went to Vegas today, it’d be 60-40 for Obama,” Schweitzer said in an ...  

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer said President Barack Obama has the advantage for re-election and should campaign on his economic record, not as a populist. “If you went to Vegas today, it’d be 60-40 for Obama,” Schweitzer said in an ...  

From the Daily Beast interview with Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer: While discussing swing states, Schweitzer said Romney would have a “tall order to position Hispanics to vote for him,” and I replied that was mildly ironic since Mitt’s father was ...  

BILLINGS - Governor Brian Schweitzer heads east to bring visitors out west. He is hoping the trip to the Big Apple pays off big time for Big Sky Country. Schweitzer spoke with people roaming the streets and even posed for a photo with one of Time Square's ...  

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer may have thought he was giving the White House a gift last week by publicizing the fact that Mitt Romney’s father was born in polygamy commune in Mexico, but instead Schweitzer gave the president a bad case of agitá.  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer isn’t backing away from controversial comments he made about Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith. Instead, the Democrat is doubling down. Through a statement from a senior adviser, Schweitzer stood by his claim that ...  

For all its strengths and weaknesses — not to mention whether it’ll have a snowball’s chance in the next Legislature — we appreciate Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s proposal to shore up Montana’s troubled pension funds, which cover nearly 80,000 public ...  

Brian Schweitzer on Tuesday unveiled his proposal to fix ... Schweitzer said his plan, if adopted by the 2013 Legislature, would erase a combined $3.4 billion in long-range "unfunded liability" in the two major public retirement systems in five to eight ...  

MISSOULA- Governor Brian Schweitzer is slated to talk at the International Development Studies program spring reception at The University of Montana on Tuesday. The fifth annual reception runs from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Turner Hall Dell Brown ...  

Brian Schweitzer has ordered all flags flown in Montana to be lowered to half-staff from Tuesday morning until sundown Wednesday in honor of a 31-year-old Great Falls soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says Spc. Antonio C.  

GREAT FALLS- Governor Brian Schweitzer said on Friday that he will appear on CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman" later this month to promote Montana tourism. Schweitzer made the announcement in Great Falls as he was addressing the Montana ...  

Montana’s Democrat governor, Brian Schweitzer, decided to do his bit for the War on Mormons with a Daily Beast interview on Thursday: While discussing swing states, Schweitzer said Romney would have a “tall order to position Hispanics to vote for him ...  

Short on tenure, but long on ideas, Gov. Brian Schweitzer is promoting significant changes to Montana's ailing public pension system and state worker health services. Schweitzer, meeting with The Billings Gazette editorial board Monday, spent two hours on ...  

This Washington Post write-up on the tiff between Mitt Romney and Brian Schweitzer is remarkably free of information. We learn, for the sixth or seventh time, that Gov. Schweitzer will not apologize for what he told Ben Jacobs -- that Mitt ...  

The Montana Republican Party has asked a state district court to overturn a decision by the state political practices office dismissing an ethics complaint against Gov. Brian Schweitzer. The GOP has appealed a March 1 ruling by Jim Goetz, a Bozeman ...  

HELENA — Republican legislative leaders said Thursday that they're exploring how they might block or delay Gov. Brian Schweitzer's proposed health clinic for state employees, calling it an ill-advised rush job. "We feel that it's been done in a reckless ...  

Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday named Brig. Gen. Matthew T. Quinn as Montana's next adjutant general. Quinn replaces Gen. John Walsh, who resigned in March to run for lieutenant governor along with gubernatorial candidate Steve Bullock.  

CNN's Candy Crowley Pounds McDonnell on Voter ID, Skips Asking Schweitzer ...NewsBusters (blog)By Tim Graham | May 01, 2012 | 23:02 On Sunday's State of the Union, CNN anchor Candy Crowley interviewed two governors, Virginia Republican Bob McDonnell and Montana Democrat Brian Schweitzer. Crowley pounded McDonnell with a set of questions about ...  

Max Baucus (48-37 percent) in a 2014 showdown for Baucus' U.S. Senate seat. And while only 26 percent of Montana voters think the governor should run for president in 2016, 42 percent of voters said they would vote for him if does decide to run ...  

MOIESE — While Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and federal wildlife officials have the same goal of conserving bison, that hasn't prevented them from butting heads. In December, the Interior Department rejected Schweitzer's plan to move what he ...  

CTV.caTransCanada applies for second Keystone XL Pipeline permitBeartooth NBCGovernor Brian Schweitzer says in order for the pipeline to be successful it will need to get approval from the US State Department. He says the state of Nebraska has yet to approve a permit for the pipeline to travel through that state and if ...Schweitzer Meets with TransCanada OfficialsKULR-TVall 770 news articles »  

April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about President Barack Obama's economic record and re-election campaign. Bloomberg's Julianna Goldman and Julie Davis report on the contest between Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Bloomberg's Greg Stohr reports on the U.S. Supreme Court. Commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O'Beirne review the week's political...  

There could be only one good reason to have Dem Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer on Morning Joe: to grill him on his ugly anti-Mormon swipe at Mitt Romney. Schweitzer recently said that Romney would have trouble attracting women voters because "his family came from a polygamy commune in Mexico." So naturally I waited for Mika Brzezinksi, Mark Halperin, Cokie Roberts--anyone!--to raise the question of Schweitzer's slur. And waited. It never...  

MOIESE (AP) — While Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and federal wildlife officials have the same goal of conserving bison, that hasn’t prevented them from butting heads. In December, the Interior Department rejected Schweitzer’s plan to move ...  

MOIESE (AP) — Gov. Brian Schweitzer and federal wildlife officials toured the National Bison Range in western Montana to discuss the potential for moving Yellowstone National Park bison to the range. While Schweitzer and federal wildlife ...  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) told the Daily Beast that Mittt Romney would have a "tall order to position Hispanics to vote for him" even though his father was born in Mexico. Schweitzer admitted that it is "kinda ironic given that his family came from a polygamy commune in Mexico, but then he'd have to talk about his family coming from a polygamy commune in Mexico, given the gender discrepancy." Schweitzer noted that women are "not great...  

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HELENA — Six years ago Gov. Brian Schweitzer raised eyebrows in Big Sky country and beyond when he made an off-hand remark about then-governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney.  

MOIESE – While Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and federal wildlife officials have the same goal of conserving bison, that hasn't prevented them from butting heads.  

Ken Miller, R-Laurel, said he opposes creating a low-cost health clinic “for one class of Montana’s workforce.” Former Sen. Corey Stapleton, R-Billings, said “The appropriation Gov. Schweitzer has been attempting in his final months hasn’t had ...  

growing up in Eastern Montana and attending Montana State, with the governor getting in a plug for his alma mater, telling Letterman "those are the Bobcats you know." The interview also touched on energy development and protection of Montana's ...  

The two-term governor has always had a penchant for the spotlight – whether he was rousing the faithful at the 2008 Democratic National Convention or skillfully ... running the state of Montana is (health insurance). …The cost keeps going up and ...  

Governor Schweitzer will be promoting Montana and Glacier National Park in unfamiliar territory soon. The Governor spoke about this new marketing campaign that will hopefully improve the state's economy. Next week Governor Schweitzer says he ...  

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The Montana Republican Party has asked a state district court to overturn a decision by the state political practices office dismissing an ethics complaint against Gov. Brian Schweitzer .  

Governor Brian Schweitzer said on Friday that he will appear on CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman" later this month to promote Montana tourism.  

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Republican Party is asking a state court to reverse a decision to dismiss the GOP's ethics complaint against Gov. Brian Schweitzer.  

MISSOULA- Governor Brian Schweitzer was in Missoula Tuesday to help kick-off the Global Leadership Initiative meeting taking place at the University of Montana.  

HELENA- Governor Brian Schweitzer has joined the "Earth Hour" effort and lights will be turned off at the Capitol in Helena on Saturday, March 31st, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm.  

Governor Brian Schweitzer has joined the "Earth Hour" effort and lights will be turned off at the Capitol in Helena on Saturday, March 31st, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm.  

HELENA — The Montana Republican Party asked a state court Friday to reverse a decision to dismiss the GOP's ethics complaint against Gov. Brian Schweitzer.