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Name: Molly Houlahan State: Montana Political Party: Moderate Conservative Bill Page: http://mockcongress2011.wikispaces.com/SB20 My group's bill is on the enviornment. It aims to permit the large companies and people from dumping their garbage in the ocean. This bill should be voted for because it will reduce pollution, stop killing animals, and make our beaches a better place to be. This bill should be considered and it will help our country because it is going to create a more stable enviornment and decrease the amount of pollution and animal deaths in the world. Our bill will not cost too much money, and it will make the U.S a better place. Everyone will need to help a little bit, but a little effort from everyone will result in a better living enviornment. Congress Person: Max Baucus __ http://baucus.senate.gov/ __ I agree with him that America depends too much on foreign countries for oil. It's costing Americans more money. I also agree they paying more money for energy efficient products are a good idea. I also agree with him about making higher education more affordable. College has become so expensive that people have trouble paying for it, and they end up going into debt after they finish. I agree that we should raise the pay for people in the military.

5 Interesting Facts about Montana
 * Miles city is known as the Cowboy Capital
 * Montana is known for ice-fishing
 * 1/3 of the state is mountains
 * There are 902,195 people living there (six people per mile)
 * A nick-name for Montana is the treasure state because of its mineral reserves
 * Montana is considered a coal state. This means that some of the country's coal is mined there. Obama recently talked about how he thinks all of the mining is ruining the landscape.

5 Facts related to my issues
 * Jobs relating to saving the environment were created in Montana, reducing their unemployment rate by 1.3%.
 * Montana, along with six other states and four Canadian provinces joined together to address the climate change problem and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
 * In Montana, they have created savings programs for college called the HOPE scholarship and the Lifetime Learning Credit.
 * The higher education act was recently renewed in Montana.
 * Montana hopes to have 25% of their energy as renewable energy by the year 2025.

Issues
 * Free higher education. -To get a good job in the U.S, you have to have a college degree, but college has become so expensive lately that it's hard to be able to afford it. Aid programs are also decreasing. Students can borrow money, but they are overwhelmed in dept when they finish college. Higher education shout be available to everyone- not limited by financial concerns. In Montana, the Higher Education Act was renewed. This helped students with financial aid, helped student’s complete high school and enters and succeeds in college education, aid to colleges and universities, and help to improve K-12 teacher training.
 * Pull the troops out of Iraq- In 2003; the U.S. launched a war in Iraq. Congress had put out 155 billion dollars for the war effort already. Since 2006, the death toll has been almost 100 civilians per day.
 * Climate change/Global Warming.-The world today has become over run by technology. Almost everything we use today uses some sort of power, which is a major contribution to global warming. Cars are a huge contribution also. Many people are against trying to help the environment because of the cost of buying environmentally friendly technology. The climate change is also affecting ecosystems, especially in the North.

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