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Promised To “Lead Efforts To Balance The Federal Budget” Just days after U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) sided with his liberal Washington party bosses in refusing to even consider a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution, majorities in both houses of Montana’s legislative branch are now demanding a balanced budget amendment to force Washington to get its out-of-control spending and debt under control. As NBC Montana reports: Majorities in the Montana House and Senate today sent a letter to Montana’s congressional delegation, urging Sens. Max Baucus & Jon Tester and Rep. Denny Rehberg to support a federal balanced budget amendment. The letter, signed by over 80 members of the 62nd Legislature, reaffirms that Montana would be one of the first states to ratify such an amendment if it were to pass Congress. As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, Tester promised Montanans he would “lead efforts to balance…

As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, Democrat Jon Tester (D-MT) routinely preached the importance of fiscal responsibility, and promised Montanans he would “lead efforts to balance the federal budget.”  But today, Tester voted with his Washington party bosses against even considering a measure to balance the federal budget while cutting runaway spending now and capping Washington’s spending in the future – just the latest in a long pattern of Tester putting his liberal Washington agenda ahead of keeping his promises to Montanans. “Sadly, it’s not surprising that Senator Tester would break his promise and vote against even considering a balanced federal budget today.  But Montanans are no doubt wondering how Tester explains his vote today to kill a balanced budget in light of his repeated promises to lead the fight for a balanced budget in Washington.” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond today. Since coming…

In yet other indication of how harmful liberal Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and President Barack Obama’s massive health care overhaul is to middle-class Montanans, Washington newspaper The Hill reports today that one of the law’s major provisions is poised to slam families with higher insurance costs: A major provision of the healthcare reform law designed to prevent businesses from dropping coverage for their workers could inadvertently leave families without access to subsidized health insurance. The problem is a huge headache for the Obama administration and Democrats, because it could leave families unable to buy affordable health insurance when the healthcare law requires that everyone be insured starting in 2014. Some of the administration’s closest allies on healthcare reform warn this could dramatically undercut support for the law, which is already unpopular with many voters and contributed to Democrats losing the House in the 2010 midterm elections. “Jon Tester ignored the…

Promised As Candidate To “Lead Efforts To Balance The Federal Budget,” But Has Done Opposite Since Going To Washington As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, Jon Tester (D-MT) presented himself as a different kind of Democrat, a fiscally responsible kind, who promised Montanans he would “lead efforts to balance the federal budget.”  But apparently that was all just empty promises and cynical campaign posturing… Instead, Tester has done the exact opposite in Washington – rubberstamping President Barack Obama’s failed $787 billion stimulus and ObamaCare, with its $570 billion in tax hikes and $500 billion in Medicare cuts, and helping ram through a spending resolution that “would create as much government debt as every other president from George Washington to George W. Bush – combined.” It’s now been more than 800 days since Tester and his fellow Senate Democrats have passed any federal budget – much less the balanced…

Shameful Threats Underscore Broken Promises, Reckless Deficit Spending As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, Democrat Jon Tester promised Montanans that he would “lead efforts to balance the federal budget.”  Instead, it’s been 806 days since Tester and his fellow Senate Democrats passed any federal budget, much less a balanced budget – during which time our national debt has ballooned to a record-high $14.3 trillion.  Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury now reports that our federal government’s deficit is on track to top $1 trillion this fiscal year. But rather than take responsibility for his broken promises and failure to perform this basic job function, Tester and his Washington party bosses are now threatening to withhold payments from Social Security recipients and members of our armed forces, unless Republicans agree to their demands for job-killing tax hikes. As the Associated Press reports: Echoing President Barack Obama’s warning, Senate Majority Leader Harry…

After Promising To Return To Montana “Every Weekend,” Self-Styled Dirt Farmer Instead Jets To New York City For Swanky Trial Lawyer Convention As a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, Democrat Jon Tester presented himself as a different sort of politician and promised Montanans he would “be back in this state every weekend” because “they need the greatest representation, not encumbered by high-dollar lobbyists.” Boy, what a difference five years makes… Facing an uphill reelection battle after rubberstamping President Barack Obama’s liberal Washington agenda, Tester has been returning to his political roots by raising campaign cash from big-city liberals in places like Nancy Pelosi’s hometown of San Francisco – where one member of Tester’s left-wing fundraising base showed her concern for Montana issues by exclaiming “[s]omehow the crowd got into this discussion on wolves, which is apparently a thing.” Now Politico reports that, to borrow a phrase from Frank Sinatra,…

Washington Post Writer Pulls Back Curtain On Senate Democrats Putting Politics Ahead Of Passing Bipartisan Reforms For those who have been following the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations and questioned the difficulty of both parties reaching a bipartisan agreement, a new report by a left-leaning blogger for the Washington Post is instructive. The Post’s Greg Sargent reports that Senate Democrat campaign strategists who are overseeing U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-MT) re-election bid have concluded that passing much-needed Medicare reforms will squander their efforts to score political points by scaring Montana seniors. This comes despite even President Obama making clear that everything should be on the table to start reining in our out-of-control federal debt. Top Democrats in charge of keeping the Senate in Dem hands and maintaining the political health of the party — DSCC chair Patty Murray and messaging chief Chuck Schumer — have privately expressed frustration that deep Medicare…

800 Days With No Budget & Now 9.2 Percent Unemployment It’s now been a full 800 days since U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s (D-MT) and his fellow Democrats who run the U.S. Senate have passed a federal budget.  In fact, in the current Congress, Senate Democrats haven’t even proposed a budget, with published reports on Capitol Hill today saying that they’re still “discussing” it. In the meantime, the Labor Department reports today that unemployment has now climbed to 9.2 percent – a post World War II record of 29 straight months of at least 8 percent unemployment – while the federal debt continues to climb past $14.3 trillion. “These sobering numbers serve as yet another reminder that Montana simply can’t afford another six years of Jon Tester’s liberal tax-and-spend agenda,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond  What They’re Saying About Today’s Jobs Report…. The Hill’s Sam Youngman: “Wow….

While Seeking To Increase The Country’s Credit Card Limit By Another $2 Trillion A full 798 days – and $3.2 trillion in new debt – since Senate Democrats last passed a budget, it appears Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and his Democrat colleagues may finally be on the verge this week of at least introducing their own budget this Congress. But there’s a critical catch – according to published reports on Capitol Hill this morning, the Senate Democrats’ budget is expected to include at least $2 trillion in new tax increases – at a time when the national unemployment rate stands at 9.1%.  Notably, this matches the $2 trillion in unchecked spending that Tester is calling for by increasing the debt limit without tying it to any serious spending reforms. “Montanans have waited almost 800 days for Senate Democrats to pass a budget, while the federal debt has climbed to $14.3…

Obama’s Top Economists Reveal Hefty Price Tag For Failed Stimulus Debacle Since liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) helped President Barack Obama ram his $787 billion stimulus into law, America has lost nearly 1.9 million jobs and our national debt has skyrocketed to a record-high $14.3 trillion.  Now, President Obama’s own top economists estimate that the Obama-Tester stimulus debacle cost taxpayers an average $278,000 per job. As the Weekly Standard notes: The report was written by the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, a group of three economists who were all handpicked by Obama, and it chronicles the alleged success of the “stimulus” in adding or saving jobs. The council reports that, using “mainstream estimates of economic multipliers for the effects of fiscal stimulus” (which it describes as a “natural way to estimate the effects of” the legislation), the “stimulus” has added or saved just under 2.4 million jobs —…