AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » Congress http://kmmsam.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:05:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Immigration Reform: What Exactly Are We Reforming? http://kmmsam.com/immigration-reform-what-exactly-are-we-reforming/ http://kmmsam.com/immigration-reform-what-exactly-are-we-reforming/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:00:49 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=145428 The United States of America was created and built by immigrants. No one can dispute that.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/immigration-reform-what-exactly-are-we-reforming/feed/ 0 NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 14: Immigration reform advocates stage a demonstration, organized by the New York Immigration Coalition, outside a detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 14, 2013 in New York City. Demonstrators staged the event ahead of Fathers' Day to draw attention to the thousands of undocumented immigrant fathers deported by ICE and separated from their families in the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Do We Really Need An Internet Tax? http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/ http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:48 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=135814 Assuming online retailers could realize a nice 3% profit after expenses there would be a taxable income of $6.75 billion — hardly a national debt busting amount in a trillion dollar plus economy.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/do-we-really-need-an-internet-tax/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: (L-R) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Peter Sides of the Robert M. Sides Family Music Center, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) participate in a news conference about the Marketplace Fairness Act in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. According to the bill's authors, the proposed legislation would provide states with the authority to require out-of-state retailers to collect and remit tax on purchases shipped into the state, allowing brick-and-mortar retailers to compete with online retailers. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Happy Tax Day!! http://kmmsam.com/happy-tax-day/ http://kmmsam.com/happy-tax-day/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:59 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=132390 Most people think the income tax came along in 1913. Not so fast grasshopper. In 1862 we had another war to pay for.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/happy-tax-day/feed/ 0 A man deposits his tax return into a mailbox on the final day for filing taxes, It is estimated that some 24 million Americans will be filing their returns on this day. (Erik S. Lesser/Newsmakers) (Getty Images) Two Words Missing From The Sequester Conversation http://kmmsam.com/two-words-missing-from-the-sequester-conversation/ http://kmmsam.com/two-words-missing-from-the-sequester-conversation/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:00:49 +0000 Tom Egelhoff http://kmmsam.com/?p=124543 How about a stripper making $80,000 a year getting a much needed $1,000 a month in food stamps that you and I pay for?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/two-words-missing-from-the-sequester-conversation/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Video Game Violence Bill Receives Second Life This Month http://kmmsam.com/video-game-violence-bill-receives-second-life-this-month/ http://kmmsam.com/video-game-violence-bill-receives-second-life-this-month/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:42:16 +0000 Greg Srisavasdi http://arcadesushi.com/?p=23424 A bill which called for the study of the effects of violent video games on children is being reintroduced later this month by its author, West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/video-game-violence-bill-receives-second-life-this-month/feed/ 0 Food Security a Problem in Montana [AUDIO] http://kmmsam.com/food-security-a-problem-in-montana-audio/ http://kmmsam.com/food-security-a-problem-in-montana-audio/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:44:43 +0000 Peter Christian http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=121520 America has a 90 day emergency supply of oil, but most Americans have only a 3-day supply of food.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/food-security-a-problem-in-montana-audio/feed/ 0 photo courtesy of Derrick Coatzee/flicr.com At What Grade Level Does Congress Talk? The Answer May Surprise You http://kmmsam.com/grade-level-congress-talk/ http://kmmsam.com/grade-level-congress-talk/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 14:21:21 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=102678 If you’ve ever listened to a member of Congress speak and felt like you were being addressed as a child, it’s not your imagination. A new study shows congresspeople now talk at a 10th grade level — a full grade lower than they did just seven years ago.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/grade-level-congress-talk/feed/ 0 kereifsnyder, Flickr Should Members of Congress Have Term Limits? — Survey of the Day http://kmmsam.com/congress-term-limits-survey-of-the-day/ http://kmmsam.com/congress-term-limits-survey-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:22:35 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=79509 The re-election rates for members of Congress hovers between 85 and 95 percent.

Yet, according to a new survey from Poll Position, the majority of American people would like new rules which would prevent them from sending the same represenatives to Washington, DC year after year.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/congress-term-limits-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images 'Bad News Bears' Star Is Running for Congress http://kmmsam.com/bad-news-bears-star-is-running-for-congress/ http://kmmsam.com/bad-news-bears-star-is-running-for-congress/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:02:26 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=35557 As a child actor, David Pollock played Rudi Stein, one of the lovable losers in the ‘Bad News Bears‘ film franchise from the ’70s.

That role was pretty much the bulk of Pollock’s acting career, and he never made the transition to adult actor.

Now, he hopes to make the transition to congressman. He is running for Congress as a Democrat representing California’s 26th Congressional District.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/bad-news-bears-star-is-running-for-congress/feed/ 0 Paramount Pictures / Facebook Aaron Schock Shirtless in Latest Men's Health Issue http://kmmsam.com/aaron-schock-shirtless-in-latest-mens-health-issue/ http://kmmsam.com/aaron-schock-shirtless-in-latest-mens-health-issue/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 16:41:15 +0000 1450 KMMS AM http://kmmsam.com/?p=5522 Rep. Aaron Schock of Illinois is now poised to get the vote of every woman in America thanks to a new spread in Men's Health, in which our nation's youngest congressman can be seen posing shirtless.

But before you accuse him of trying to advance his celebrity, the 29-year-old hunk is actually doing it for a cause.

Schock has teamed with the magazine, who naturally dubbed him "America's Fittest Congressman," on its Fit for Life Summer Challenge, a campaign designed to help Americans lose weight and get in shape by Labor Day.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/aaron-schock-shirtless-in-latest-mens-health-issue/feed/ 0 Men's Health Ok, Who Went Out And Spent $3,657,394,113? http://kmmsam.com/3657394113-84-whats-this/ http://kmmsam.com/3657394113-84-whats-this/#comments Sat, 08 Jan 2011 13:50:30 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=1971 That's a big number, right? Let's round it off to $3.66 billion. What is that number?

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/3657394113-84-whats-this/feed/ 0 Birthers Strike Again http://kmmsam.com/birthers-strike-again/ http://kmmsam.com/birthers-strike-again/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:30:22 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=1926 During the reading of the Constitution during Thursday's session of congress, a Birther..spoke her mind.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/birthers-strike-again/feed/ 0 Alec Baldwin To The Rescue..Yeah Right http://kmmsam.com/alec-baldwin-to-the-rescue/ http://kmmsam.com/alec-baldwin-to-the-rescue/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:24:51 +0000 Mark Allen http://kmmsam.com/?p=374 (National Journal)- America’s favorite fictional mogul could be looking to move his office from 30 Rock to Capitol Hill, MSNBC reported today.

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