T000464 1956-08-21 204 Russell Senate Office Building http://tester.senate.gov/Contact/ 202-224-8594 Jon 'd':4 'mt':5 'jon':2,6,8 'sen':1 'tester':3,7,9 M 412244 Tester Jon_Tester Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT] N00027605 7831 Democrat 202-224-2644 MT Jon Tester 2.95454545454545 http://tester.senate.gov/ SenatorJonTester 412244 Person senate Sat Nov 07 11:14:52 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...placed on this legislation.'' Begich identified Coburn by name and urged that he allow the Senate to proceed with the bill. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., noted the legislation was approved unanimously months ago in committee and has strong bipartisan suppor 'd':36 'ago':45 'ask':4 'jon':33 'sen':32 'urg':21 'bill':10,31 'drop':7 'hold':8 'mont':37 'name':19 'note':38 'allow':24 'month':44 'place':11 'senat':26 'tulsa':53 'world':54 'approv':42 'begich':15 'coburn':5,17 'd-mont':35 'legisl':14,40 'strong':50 'suppor':52 'tester':34 'unanim':43 'proceed':28 'support':3 'veteran':1 'committe':47 'identifi':16 'bipartisan':51 6608688 true true daylife Tulsa World http://www.tulsaworld.com/ OK http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091107_16_A1_WASHIN225160&rss_lnk=11 412244 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 11:23:59 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...out of the field office of Democratic U.S. Sen. Max Baucus in Great Falls, but were welcomed by staffers of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, another Democrat whose office is about two blocks away. "While Senator Baucus' staff had a previously scheduled appointment 'jon':31 'max':18 'sen':17,30 'tea':1 'two':39 'u.s':16,29 'away':41 'care':7 'fall':22,52 'wari':4 'anoth':33 'block':40 'field':12 'great':21,51 'offic':13,36 'parti':2 'senat':43 'staff':45 'whose':35 'baucus':19,44 'health':6 'reform':8 'tester':32 'tribun':53 'welcom':25 'appoint':50 'protest':3 'schedul':49 'staffer':27 'democrat':15,34 'previous':48 6598277 true true daylife Great Falls Tribune http://www.greatfallstribune.com/ OK http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091106/NEWS01/911060321/1002/rss 412244 Person congress Thu Nov 05 22:32:59 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...failed meet three of government's seven criteria. Montana's Congressional delegation has vowed to overturn that decision. Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, said the government accepts that 90 percent of the Little Shell are Chippewa Indian descendant '90':37 'abc':47 'fed':1 'jon':27 'sen':26 'vow':21 'fail':8 'meet':9 'news':48 'said':32 'decis':25 'deleg':19 'littl':41 'pledg':2 'seven':14 'shell':42 'three':10 'accept':35 'govern':12,34 'indian':45 'system':7 'tester':28 'tribal':5 'descend':46 'montana':16,30 'percent':38 'chippewa':44 'criteria':15 'democrat':31 'overhaul':3 'overturn':23 'recognit':6 'congression':18 6594026 true true daylife ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/ OK http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9003600 412244 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:25:34 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...since 1978 for last week's decision. The tribe received initial approval from the Interior in 2000. "The process is broken," Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., told Skibine. "I don't think there's any doubt about that. It should not have taken 31 years, 70,000 p 'd':32 'p':55 '31':51 '70':53 '000':54 'd.c':6 'jon':29 'sen':28 '1978':8 '2000':23 'case':4 'fall':57 'last':10 'make':3 'mont':33 'sinc':7 'told':34 'week':11 'year':52 'decis':13 'doubt':43 'great':56 'initi':17 'littl':1 'shell':2 'taken':50 'think':39 'tribe':15 'approv':18 'broken':27 'd-mont':31 'receiv':16 'skibin':35 'tester':30 'tribun':58 'process':25 'interior':21 6587832 true true daylife Great Falls Tribune http://www.greatfallstribune.com/ OK http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050301/1002/rss 412244 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:25:34 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...of that decision, they'll re-evaluate the Lonesome Wood project to make sure it complies with the Endangered Species Act. Sen. Jon Tester's field director will visit the Hi-Line next week to hear constituent concerns. Field Director Cheryl Ulmer, who wo 'hi':37 'll':9 're':11 'wo':50 'act':26 'big':3 'jon':28 'sen':27 'sky':4 'fall':52 'hear':42 'line':38 'make':18 'next':39 'sure':19 'week':40 'wood':15 'decis':7 'evalu':12 'field':31,45 'great':51 'speci':25 'ulmer':48 'visit':34 'across':1 'cheryl':47 'compli':21 'endang':24 'hi-lin':36 'tester':29 'tribun':53 'concern':44 'lonesom':14 'project':16 'constitu':43 'director':32,46 're-evalu':10 6587833 true true daylife Great Falls Tribune http://www.greatfallstribune.com/ OK http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050309/1002/rss 412244 Person congress Wed Nov 04 22:42:05 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...it failed meet three of government's seven criteria. Montana's Congressional delegation has vowed to overturn that decision. Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, said the government accepts that 90 percent of the Little Shell are Chippewa Indian descend '90':38 'fed':1 'jon':28 'sen':27 'vow':22 'fail':9 'meet':10 'said':33 'decis':26 'deleg':20 'littl':42 'orang':49 'pledg':2 'seven':15 'shell':43 'three':11 'accept':36 'counti':50 'govern':13,35 'indian':46 'regist':51 'system':7 'tester':29 'tribal':5 'descend':47 'montana':17,31 'percent':39 'chippewa':45 'criteria':16 'democrat':32 'overhaul':3 'overturn':24 'recognit':6 'congression':19 6582979 true true daylife The Orange County Register http://www.ocregister.com/ OK http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_INDIAN_RECOGNITION?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT 412244 Person senate Sun Nov 01 22:22:29 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Jon Tester plans to hold a hearing this week to address better health care for Native American veterans. The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee will be held on Thursday, and testimony will be heard from Kevin Howlett, director of tribal health for the C 'c':51 'jon':9 'care':5,22 'fall':53 'hear':1,15 'held':34 'hold':13 'plan':2,11 'week':17 'great':52 'heard':41 'kevin':43 'nativ':24 'senat':28 'affair':30 'better':20 'health':4,21,48 'indian':7 'tester':10 'tribal':47 'tribun':54 'address':19 'howlett':44 'veteran':8,26,29 'american':25 'committe':31 'director':45 'thursday':36 'testimoni':38 6555380 true true daylife Great Falls Tribune http://www.greatfallstribune.com/ OK http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091101/NEWS01/911010307/1002/rss 412244 Person senate Fri Oct 30 22:27:27 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...livestock to wolves also is included in the bill. "That's a pretty big deal for us," said Aaron Murphy, a spokesman for Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. Both the House and Senate approved the legislation Thursday, sending it to President Barack Obama for his si 'd':35 'si':54 'us':24 'act':7 'big':21 'get':3 'jon':32 'sen':31 'also':11 'bill':16 'deal':22 'fall':56 'fund':4 'hous':39 'mont':36 'said':25 'send':46 'wolv':10 'aaron':26 'front':2 'great':55 'obama':51 'senat':41 'approv':42 'barack':50 'd-mont':34 'includ':13 'legisl':44 'murphi':27 'presid':49 'pretti':20 'tester':33 'tribun':57 'glacier':1 'appropri':6 'thursday':45 'livestock':8 'spokesman':29 6540123 true true daylife Great Falls Tribune http://www.greatfallstribune.com/ OK http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091030/NEWS01/910300304/1002/rss 412244 Person democrat Wed Oct 28 11:21:04 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...membership and its history of intermarriage with non-Indians and members of other tribes. Critics, including U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, blamed the delay on the "broken" bureaucracy that oversees Indian recognition requests. Tester and fellow Montana Democrat 'bia':1 'jon':26 'non':15 'sen':25 'u.s':24 'won':2 'news':46 'blame':28 'delay':30 'tribe':6,21 'broken':33 'critic':22 'fellow':42 'includ':23 'indian':16,37 'member':18 'overse':36 'recogn':4 'tester':27,40 'deseret':45 'histori':10 'montana':5,43 'request':39 'democrat':44 'recognit':38 'membership':7 'non-indian':14 'bureaucraci':34 'intermarriag':12 6513942 true true daylife Deseret News http://deseretnews.com/ OK http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705340044/BIA-wont-recognize-Montana-tribe.html?linkTrack=rss-5 412244 Person sen\. Wed Oct 28 22:31:54 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...U.S. Sen. Jon Tester told seniors on Wednesday that he may yet support a health care bill that lets people buy into a government insurance plan if they choose but said he wants to first make sure it works. Tester spoke to AARP members on a conference ca 'ca':54 'buy':27 'jon':9 'let':25 'may':17 'say':2 'sen':8 'u.s':7 'yet':18 'aarp':49 'bill':23 'care':22 'fall':56 'make':42 'mayb':3 'plan':32 'said':37 'sure':43 'told':11 'want':39 'work':45 'choos':35 'first':41 'great':55 'insur':31 'peopl':26 'spoke':47 'confer':53 'govern':30 'health':21 'member':50 'option':6 'public':5 'senior':12 'tester':1,10,46 'tribun':57 'support':19 'wednesday':14 6520121 true true daylife Great Falls Tribune http://www.greatfallstribune.com/ OK http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091028/NEWS01/91028009/1002/rss 412244 Person sen\. Sun Nov 08 11:19:32 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Jim Webb, Virginia DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4024, DC Fax Number: 202-228-6363 Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-2023, DC Fax Number: 202-224-6295 Sen. Jon Tester, Montana ... 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'07':1 'dc':16 'us':19 'jon':21 'nov':2 'sen':20 'two':33 '2009':3 'face':39 'hear':10,25 'issu':14 'news':5 'chair':9,23 'nativ':4,40 'senat':28 'affair':30 'friend':44 'indian':12 'tester':8,22 'montana':17 'peltier':46 'problem':38 'testifi':36 'veteran':13,29 'american':41 'blogspot':43 'committe':31 'militari':42 'montanan':34 'washington':15 'pechanga.net':7 6619109 false true google blog Blogspot: Friends of Peltier http://freepeltiernow.blogspot.com/ OK http://freepeltiernow.blogspot.com/2009/11/07-nov-2009-native-news-from.html 412244 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:28:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Dennis Rehberg met with Republican recruiters about a 2012 Senate run against Democrat Jon Tester on Thursday. Rehberg, who was seen exiting the National Republican Senatorial Committee's Capitol Hill headquarters Thursday morning, is the state's 'jon':24 'met':13 'run':21 '2012':10,19 'exit':32 'hill':40 'left':1,48 'morn':43 'page':53 'seen':31 'west':4,51 'denni':11 'front':52 'senat':20 'state':46 'nation':34 'tester':8,25 'capitol':39 'recruit':16 'rehberg':5,12,28 'challeng':7 'committe':37 'democrat':23 'senatori':36 'thursday':27,42 'headquart':41 'republican':15,35 6604515 false true google blog Left in the West - Front Page http://www.leftinthewest.com/ OK http://www.leftinthewest.com/diary/3601/rehberg-to-challenge-tester-in-2012 412244 Person democrat Sun Nov 08 11:19:37 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...2012 Senate race begin? Montana Rep. Dennis Rehberg met with Republican recruiters about a 2012 Senate run against Democrat Jon Tester on Thursday. Rehberg, who was seen exiting the National Republican Senatorial Committee's Capitol Hill headquarters Th 'th':44 'jon':26 'met':15 'rep':12 'run':23 '2012':6,7,21 'exit':34 'hill':42 'left':45 'race':9 'seen':33 'west':48 'begin':10 'denni':13 'senat':8,22 'nation':36 'tester':4,27 'capitol':41 'montana':11 'recruit':18 'rehberg':1,14,30 'challeng':3 'committe':39 'democrat':25 'senatori':38 'thursday':29 'headquart':43 'republican':17,37 6619110 false true daylife Left in the West http://www.leftinthewest.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeftInTheWest/~3/3J7KAJRq9l0/rehberg-to-challenge-tester-in-2012 412244 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:28:38 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 MT-Sen: Here's what has the potential to be one of 2012's hottest Senate races, already shaping up. Rep. Denny Rehberg, the state's lone at-large Congressperson, met with the NRSC concerning a possible run at Jon Tester. ... 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Russell Keith stated Balad was the biggest one 'l':39 'ill':3,50 'jon':7 'kbr':16 'one':47 'pit':34 'burn':33 'busi':28 'iraq':4,38 'keep':18 'mani':32 'told':14 'balad':43 'clean':24 'futur':27 'keith':41 'quiet':19 'senat':6 'spoke':9 'state':42 'common':2,49 'russel':40 'tester':8 'violat':21 'wonder':30 'biggest':46 'lamberth':12 'snapshot':5 6604514 false true google blog The Common Ills http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/ OK http://thecommonills.blogspot.com/2009/11/iraq-snapshot_06.html 412244 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:28:39 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Recommend: retailers and merchants urged to ask Sen Dodd to include interchange fee reform in banking bill, here's how: The voice from actial constituents for each Banking Committeed member can make a difference. Explain and personalize why merchant . 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