Rep. Denise Hayman, D-Bozeman Photo Courtesy of the Montana Legislature Democrats returned to Helena for the 67th Legislative Session last January ready to work on legislation that would create jobs, better our economy, and support Montanans affected by the Covid pandemic. We hoped, like many Montanans, that Republican campaign promises to do the same would offer plenty of common ground. Instead, what we ended up with was a wasted session where Republicans at every turn worked to give handouts to large corporations at the expense of Montanansâ pocketbooks. The House Energy Committee saw some of the worst the session had to offer. For instance, Republicans tried, fortunately unsuccessfully, to give NorthWestern Energy a huge windfall at ratepayers' expense -- bald-faced corporate cronyism at its worst.