FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 Senator Sheehy Joins Majority Leader Thune’s Effort to Permanently Repeal the Death Tax U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy (R – Mont.) today joined U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R – S.D.) in reintroducing legislation that would permanently repeal the federal estate tax, commonly known as the death tax. The Death Tax Repeal Act would end this purely punitive tax that can hit family-run farms, ranches, and businesses as the result of the owner’s death.  “Especially in Montana, the death tax most acutely punishes hardworking families in agriculture by threatening to put their operations out of business after the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2025 Sheehy, Padilla Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Create National Wildland Firefighting Service U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senators Tim Sheehy (R – Mont.) and Alex Padilla (D – Calif.) today introduced the Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act to dramatically reform and streamline the American wildland firefighting apparatus. Under the current system, wildland fire response is divided across multiple agencies with no clear lines of responsibility or authority. This bill would change that by requiring the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to consolidate wildland firefighting services under a new “National Wildland Firefighting Service.” “For too long, layers of senseless bureaucracy and red

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2025 U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy Introduces Homeowner Energy Freedom Act U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy today introduced the Homeowner Energy Freedom Act to lower costs, protect consumer choice, and make the American Dream of home ownership more attainable for Montanans. The bill repeals three burdensome provisions from the Democrats’ so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which implemented radical environmentalist polices that forced state and local governments to adopt costly energy codes. The National Association of Home Builders estimates that these energy codes can create as much as $31,000 in additional costs for home buyers. “Skyrocketing energy and housing costs have