Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines has a hat full of feathers of achievement, according to a new report card on Senate action. GovTrack’s report showed Daines to be an able legislator and bipartisan senator for his 2014 class.
For example, he introduced 66 bills during the January 2017-January 2019 Congress, the most of all Senate “sophomores.” He also got Democrats to sponsor 42 of the 66, tops in his class. And seven became law, giving him the title as most effective because Danes “wrote the most laws compared to Senate sophomores.” After this brief first appeared, GovTrack said they don’t judge the work of lawmakers, but the senator’s aides dubbed him “most effective.”
He said, “Working across the aisle for Montanans and this nation has always been a priority of mine,” Daines said. “In this new Congress, I’ll continue to do whatever it takes to deliver results for hardworking folks in Big Sky Country and all over this nation.” …
- It has taken a while for possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Terry McAuliffe to wrap his mind around the fact that he isn’t governor any more. “It’s been a rough change, I won’t lie,” he said of his return to his home in McLean, Va. “The next morning, I got up, went out to the car, got in the back seat and didn’t go anywhere. I got out, got in the front seat, and I’ve actually had to learn to drive again.” …
- Barbara Comstock, who lost her Northern Virginia seat in an anti-Trump wave last November, has joined a legal and lobbying firm of Baker Donelson as a senior government relations and public policy adviser. The firm has several former lawmakers including former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle. …
- The 11th Annual Congressional Hockey Challenge is attracting some NHL stars. The event, which takes place Wednesday at the home of the Washington Capitals, pits lawmakers, lobbyists, Capitol Hill staffers, and administration officials against each other in a charity game. Among those invited to watch are Pat LaFontaine, named one of the “100 Greatest NHL Players” of all time, former Montreal Canadian and Hall of Famer Mathieu Schneider and Kevin Westgarth, who won the Stanley Cup with the Los Angeles Kings in 2012. …
