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Members have seen an effective 31% pay decrease since 2009 when accounting for inflation.

The latest ranking of the most bipartisan lawmakers comes amid one of the least productive Congresses in the nation’s history and just months before nearly all House lawmakers and about one-third of the Senate face voters at the polls in November.

Rosendale, who is a lame-duck two-term Congressman from Glendive and represents the eastern part of the state, had previously supported GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Congress is on track to approve a staggering $468 billion in government spending this week, finishing part of the work it was supposed to complete by Oct. 1.

Zach Brown writes, "Montana can’t afford to lose any more of our senior long term care facilities, and I am grateful that Senator Tester is fighting for this important issue in the U.S. Senate."

A conservative revolt wasn’t enough to keep the lower chamber from approving the measure which, if made law, would extend government funding through March.

The Kentucky lawmaker, the longest-serving Senate leader in American history, said he would leave his post in November.

There’s now some uncertainty again after Rosendale filed to run for Senate – leaving his House seat open – then ended that run days later.

Jim Elliott writes, "Congress is not a playground... The juveniles holding office need to know that, even if they can’t understand it."

Rehberg served as Montana’s lone Congressman from 2000 to 2012. He departed politics after unsuccessfully challenging Tester, a Democrat, in 2012.