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Montana Legislature ends without passing infrastructure bonding bill; Governor Bullock calls vote ‘incomprehensible’

"It is incomprehensible to me that we walk out of this session again without a general infrastructure bill," Bullock said at a press conference. "I’m disappointed that some legislators put partisan politics over Montana jobs and the strength of our communities."

Bullock went on to say, "Those precluding infrastructure from passing yet again, they don’t need to answer to me. The Republicans voting against infrastructure need to answer to every contractor in the state and the employees that work for those contractors that expected that they’d get a general infrastructure bill through."

The Montana Legislature adjourned Friday after the House failed again to pass an $80.3 million bonding infrastructure bill.

The House also didn’t approve a bill that would have provided $41 million in loans for rural water projects, a measure that usually passes handily.

After these bills failed, the House adjourned for good this session, and the Senate followed shortly thereafter to conclude Montana’s 65th legislative session. The adjournment came on the 88th of the allotted 90 legislative days.

By Chuck Johnson Chronicle Staff Writer

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