Welcome Senator Jill Cohenour. Senate Minority Leader

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2021 Legislature midpoint: GOP advancing economic, social agenda

BY MIKE DENNISON (MTN NEWS)MARCH 5, 2021
HELENA — Tax cuts, a Covid-19 liability shield for businesses, an assault on red tape and more places where you can carry firearms – these are the accomplishments and goals that Republicans tout, after the first 45 days of Montana’s 2021 Legislature, with total GOP control.

Yet they don’t often mention what minority Democrats most often criticize: Advancing a raft of conservative social policies, from restrictions on abortion to bills making it harder to vote.

“We thought we were going to be focused on jobs and the economy,” says Senate Minority Leader Jill Cohenour, D-East Helena. “It really is surprising to me that most of the bills that we’ve seen from the Republicans are about taking away these rights and freedoms.”

Well, not “most of them” – but, certainly many that have garnered plenty of media coverage and howls of objection from Democrats, who cannot stop these bills on their own.