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Posted in2023 Legislature

How the Montana GOP supermajority wielded its power

Senate Majority Leader Steve Fitzpatrick, R-Great Falls, was ambling down a hallway on the third floor of the Montana Capitol late on May 2 when he crossed paths with a Montana Free Press reporter. The typically dry, straight-laced attorney looked remarkably at ease, given what had transpired in the preceding 87 days of the 68th Montana Legislature.

“We win,” he said. “You can print that.”