Matt Rosendale

A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Montana’s congressional delegation agrees that acts of violence should be condemned. But they disagree on how to characterize what happened and how to move forward.

The nonpartisan newsletter Cook Political Report with Amy Walter rated Montana’s eastern district as solidly Republican, and the state’s western district as competitive, but likely Republican. The publication based its analysis on past presidential election results.

Montana’s lone voice in the U.S. House did not join the majority this week in voting to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress.

The plan lays out population goals and a management plan should the federally protected Yellowstone grizzly be delisted in the future.

A roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate plan passed out of the U.S House Friday, without the support of Montana’s lone congressman. The measure narrowly passed out of the U.S. House Friday morning on a near party-line vote of 220 to 213.

Montana’s U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale is named as a defendant in a lawsuit that accuses the National Rifle Association of using shell companies to illegally give up to $35 million to Republican candidates.

Montana’s Republican congressional delegation and governor are calling on the Biden Administration to stop resettling Afghans in the state, after an Afghan man was charged with rape in Missoula.

The Biden administration announced Monday the land border with Canada will remain restricted to all nonessential travel through Oct. 21. That’s in contrast with Canada’s side of the border, which since Aug. 9 has been open for U.S. citizens who are fully vaccinated and have tested negative for the coronavirus.

Gov. Greg Gianforte issued a news release Thursday saying the Department of State announced the International Rescue Committee would work to resettle the refugees in the western part of the state.

Canadians seeking to vacation or travel for business are still not allowed to cross the border into the US. Earlier Friday the Department of Homeland Security extended it’s restrictions on non-essential travel at least to September 21.