Montana group monitors spending vote-for-vote
From Sunshine Review
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September 30, 2009 The Sunshine Guardian Montanans in Action launched a project that records every vote of how Montana legislators are trying to spend taxpayer money.[1]
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Montanans in Action's Legistats keeps a updated total of votes by legislators in Montana and gives them grades based on the record. The site provides a lot of detail, so much that visitors can click on a representative to a breakdown by category of spending, and then see each bill that he or she voted on.
The site ranks votes against expensive legislation higher, raising representatives' rankings. The highest ranking senator on the website, Joe Balyeat, comes in at -$366,738,633, having voted to cut spending. The senator in last place, Kim Gillan, voted to spend a lot of tax dollars, scoring $426,657,163.
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- ↑ "Would Your Representative Make the Grade? MT Group Holds Legislators Accountable" Center for Fiscal Accountability-Americans for Tax Reform, September 30, 2009
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