Session in hindsight: Weary legislators look back with pride and frustration

Rep. Cleve Loney, R-Great Falls, and fellow House members ate pizza as they worked through the dinner hour on the session's final evening. The 2011 Legislature considered more than 1,100 bills over the past four months.

HELENA — Rep. Liz Bangerter has the angular build of a runner. No surprise, the Helena Republican runs and lifts weights to stay in shape. The first-termer came into the Capitol sure that she could keep her feet under her for the full 90 days. She was wrong – sort of.

Community News Service/Cody Bloomsburg

Rep. Cleve Loney, R-Great Falls, and fellow House members ate pizza as t...