Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]

Corker Quietly Crafting Bipartisan GSE Reform Bill

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...are favoring," said Jeb Mason, a managing director at the Cypress Group. Representatives from the offices of Sens. Warner, D-Va., Jon Tester, D-Mont., David Vitter, R-La., confirmed they are working with Corker on GSE reform legislation. "We'll have mor

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Congress completes work on Stolen Valor Act

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...and the honor of their awards should never be compromised,” said Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., the bill sponsor along with Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. It was the second time that Congress has addressed the “stolen valor” issue. A bill signed into law in

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Mainer tells Congress poverty can be beaten

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...this (program) will not help kids succeed and will leave them further behind and leave our country further behind," said Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who co-chairs the Congressional TRIO Caucus with Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. "Programs like th

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Military Sexual Assault Survivors Applaud Congress For Numerous New Bills

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...claims and would require DoD to keep better records on assault statistics. Another bill, the Ruth Moore Act, introduced by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, would cut the red tape that prevents sexual assault victims from gett

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Ex-Mainer makes personal case for Upward Bound funding in DC

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...this (program) will not help kids succeed and will leave them further behind and leave our country further behind," said Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat who co-chairs the Congressional TRIO Caucus with Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. "Progra

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Jeff Merkley Pushes 'Monsanto Protection Act' Repeal

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...approving their sale. The industry fought back with the farm bill rider, preventing the enforcement of court rulings. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) spoke out against the rider on the Senate floor, but the chamber is typically empty, and his objection was no

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Tester: Seizing press phone records flagrantly crossed the line

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has sent a letter to the head of the U.S. Department of Justice, expressing “serious concerns” about revelations the department seized phone records of lines assigned to The Associated Press and its journalists, and has co-

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Hardly legendary

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...bear roams. I am not alone as a Montanan in remembering that we were short-changed then, as we are short-changed now with Jon Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act. Montana is a special place. That’s why we live here. Not to use really big words,

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The Senate’s rush to immigration reform

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...immigration reform’s prospects in the full Senate will be positions taken by Democratic senators — Mark Pryor, Mary Landrieu and Jon Tester — who voted against reform in 2007. Back then, they were voting against a Republican president, George W. B

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Schweitzer courts unions as he considers 2014

2013-05-11T01:00:00Z

...labor federation, which boasts 44,000 members from more than 100 different labor organizations. Also speaking were U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, Gov. Steve Bullock, Secretary of State Linda McCulloch and Attorney General Tim Fox, a Republican. State Auditor Mon

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Brian Schweitzer Courts Unions As He Considers 2014

2013-05-11T01:00:00Z

Schweitzer courts unions as he considers 2014

2013-05-11T01:00:00Z

Tester wants action to clean budget problems

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked Thursday about several issues dealing with federal spending, and said he wants to see Congress take action to clean up the budget on both the spending and revenue sides. “The problem is, we can’t get both sides to si

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Thank you, Sen. Tester, for putting public health first

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...Sen. Jon Tester voted in favor of the Manchin-Toomey amendment to expand background checks to gun sales online and at gun shows last month, he was taking a stand against the devastating toll of gun violence affecting communities across the country. The

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2014

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...are getting more and more expensive and more and more difficult," he said. However, the prospect of a race rivaling Sen. Jon Tester's 2012 re-election bid was "not a major factor." "I want to double down on getting things passed—the North Fork bill, t

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Coburn gun amendment fails

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...crossed the aisle and voted yes: Max Baucus, Mark Begich, Joe Donnelly, Kay Hagan, Martin Heinrich, Heidi Heitkamp, Mary Landrieu, Joe Manchin, Mark Pryor, Jeanne Shaheen, Jon Tester and Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats....

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House committee advances bill to aid military victims of sex assault

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...the Department of Veterans Affairs. With her are the bill's two primary sponsors – Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine and Sen. Jon Tester of Montana – as well as Anu Bhagwati of the Service Women's Action Network. The version of the Ruth Moore Act of 201

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Will Emily's List Director Stephanie Schriock Become a Political Candidate Herself?

2013-05-03T01:00:00Z

...records in 2004, helping raise a reported $52 million for Dean's primary war chest. That's when a flat-top farmer named Jon Tester tapped her for his own campaign against incumbent Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., who was under the microscope for his connect

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“Madam President” campaign launched: Group won’t wait for Hillary

2013-05-02T01:00:00Z

...The Senate now has 20 women members, 16 Democrats and four Republicans. Schriock, a former chief of staff to Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, argued that Democrats have a “deep bench” of potential women presidents if Clinton decides not to run. She liste

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Tax-Free Online Sales Under Threat

2013-04-28T01:00:00Z

...Senate without a “regular committee process.” The group consists of Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX). “Though the official ti

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