Washington is addicted to spending

When I was elected to Congress, the people of Montana sent a clear message: they wanted more jobs and less government. But the bloated budget deal passed by Congress last week is the very definition of more government.  

As Montana’s voice in the U.S. Senate, I’ve been fighting for positive reforms that rein in Washington’s out-of-control spending and regulations that threaten more jobs and bigger paychecks for Montanans.

And we’ve had success — in the past year alone, Congress has cut red tape, put qualified judges on the benches of our nation’s courts and passed once-in-a...