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This is an interesting role reversal - Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has been pushing for $400,000 to commission a study on government waste over the next year and a half. The commission would find redundancies and waste in government, that could then be cut out in the next legislative session in 2007. You'd think he'd find some allies for cutting government waste and spending in the Republican Party. You'd be wrong.
I am the co-chairperson of the Progressive Legislative Action Network (PLAN) - a position I took after finishing a stint as a fellow at the Center for American Progress. I am also a writer for Working Assets, and a twice-a-week guest on the Al Franken Show. I have just completed a book for Random House's Crown Publishers entitled "Hostile Takeover" - it will be released Spring 2006. I also write a bi-weekly section for the Nation Magazine called Permanent Minority vs. Towards the Majority about Democrats failures and successes. For more on what I do, see this Washington Post story about my blog, this Molly Ivins column about my work, or this Newsweek profile about me. Feel free to email me at david@davidsirota.com with any thoughts/criticism. Note: this online publication represents my personal views, and not the official views of the organizations I work with.
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