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      <excerpt>...unceasing and are producing solutions that work for everyoneeveryone, that is, who is willing to move beyond gridlock. Now, Sen. Jon Tester has introduced legislation that Montanans of all stripes loggers, conservationists, sportsmen, mountain bikers, a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...hoping he'll be in town today to make sure it moves forward in the face of fierce Republican opposition. Baucus and Sen. Jon Tester are part of a key bloc of centrist Democrats who are expected to vote against a GOP-led filibuster aimed at killing the b</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Jon Tester, D-Mont., will hold a telephone town hall conference today to discuss health care with Montanans. More than 14,000 Montanans participated in Tester's two previous health care telephone town halls earlier this fall. Tester's office uses a syst</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...could use another air mission to go along with its fleet of older F-15 fighters. Schweitzer and Guard leaders asked U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., for his help Thursday in securing the new mission. &quot;You want to be prepared for what could come next,&quot; Sch</excerpt>
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