770 Days & Counting Since Tester & The Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 770 days since U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and the Democrats who run the Senate last performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In fact, Tester and his fellow Senate Democrats have refused to even propose a budget in the current Congress. To make matters worse, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced that last month we were assessed $5 billion more in interest payments on our debt than in May 2010 and the fiscal year budget deficit now stands at $929 billion. “Democrats like Jon Tester say they don’t have the time to even propose, let alone pass a budget and now we know that Tester’s inaction has resulted in $5 billion more in interest payments on our debt,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond. “With…
Tag Archives: Jon Tester
As Fellow Democrats & Republicans Call For Weiner’s Resignation, Tester Remains Silent
Continues To Stand By Lewd New York Rep? As he continues to posture himself on a wide variety of issues in advance of his uphill reelection bid, liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has remained conspicuously silent on the explosive controversy regarding his Democrat colleague U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s (D-NY) lewd online behavior. In the face of Republican calls for Weiner’s resignation, House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) asked for an ethics investigation into Weiner’s behavior – after which Tester’s fellow Democrats Betty Sutton (D-OH) and Tim Walz (D-MN) dumped thousands of dollars in campaign cash they took from Weiner. And reports today show that even former DNC Chairman Tim Kaine is now calling for Weiner’s resignation. But Tester has yet to tell Montanans where he stands. “As his fellow Washington Democrats call for Anthony Weiner’s resignation in the wake of these disturbing admissions, why does Senator Tester still refuse…
Tester And The Dilemma Of 53 Votes…
769 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 769 days since U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In the current 112th Congress, Tester and the Democrats have yet to propose, much less pass, any budget. As Americans continue to demand substantial action to address our country’s unsustainable debt-and-spending crisis, Democrats have attempted to defend their dereliction with a string of implausible excuses… First, Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said it would be “foolish” to propose a budget. Then, the Senate Democrats’ designated communications guru Chuck Schumer (D-NY) complained that Democrats just don’t have the time to propose a budget. Not to be outdone, Senate Democrat Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) has offered yet a third excuse – asserting that Senate Democrats shouldn’t be expected to put…
By The Numbers: As Tester Ignores Budget, Debt Surges And Economy Suffers
768 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 768 days since U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In this Congress alone, Democrats like Tester haven’t even offered any budget proposal, because their partisan leaders – Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget. “It’s been 768 days since Senator Tester and his liberal friends in Washington have passed a budget,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond. “With a national debt of over $14.3 trillion, Montanans deserve to know what’s keeping Tester from performing his most basic task of passing a budget that will rein in his reckless spending habits that are…
NRSC Fact Check: Tester Cut $500 Billion From Medicare
Embattled Incumbent Plays Politics At Expense Of Montanans Who Count On Medicare In yet another act of transparent political posturing, the Associated Press reports today that U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) joined four other Democrat Senators – all of whom are coincidentally up for re-election next year – in sending a letter to Vice-President Joe Biden that calls on Biden to reaffirm his commitment to leaving Medicare “unchanged” during budget and deficit negotiations. Ironically, when asked on MSNBC’s Morning Joe in April about U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) budget proposal, which reforms Medicare, Tester called it a “good place to start.” Meanwhile, Tester’s campaign manager today drew further attention to the wide gap between Tester’s campaign rhetoric and his record of cutting Medicare, writing in an email seeking campaign contributions that “[w]hen Jon talks to us about Medicare in Helena or Billings, you know that he’s always going to fight…
Unemployment Rises To 9.1% In Wake Of Tester & Obama’s Failed $787 Billion Stimulus
In yet another reminder that President Obama and liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s (D-MT) $787 billion stimulus failed to create jobs while driving our national debt past $14.3 trillion, the U.S. Department of Labor reports today that national unemployment has risen again to 9.1 percent. Today’s rise in unemployment is just the latest development to highlight the failure of Obama and Tester’s tax-and-spend economic policies in Washington. While Tester and the Obama Administration promised their $787 billion stimulus would create “millions of new jobs” and keep national unemployment below 8 percent, the United States has actually lost more than 1.8 million jobs since Tester helped his Washington party bosses ram it into law – and national unemployment has remained above 8 percent now for 28 consecutive months. “As the unemployment rate rises to 9.1 percent, Montanans are reminded once again that the Obama-Tester agenda of reckless spending has failed to…
Jon Tester Cut $500 Billion From Medicare
RHETORIC vs. REALITY: In a fundraising appeal to supporters today, liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) continued his efforts to score cheap political points by scaring Montana seniors on the critical issue of Medicare. Citing what he calls his “attempts to keep it strong for the future,” Tester boasts that “[y]ou don’t have to read between any lines to know where I stand: I support Medicare.” But for someone who makes such a big fuss about his love of Medicare, Tester sure has a funny way of showing it… After all, it was Jon Tester himself who ignored Montanans’ objections, and instead gave President Barack Obama the crucial 60th vote to pass ObamaCare. In addition to its onerous new mandates and $570 billion in tax hikes, the Obama-Tester health care overhaul cuts Medicare by $500 billion and uses that money to expand government control over other parts of the health…
Tester Heads Home Without Even Proposing, Let Alone Passing A Budget
758 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 758 days since U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. In the current 112th Congress, Senate Democrats like Tester haven’t even offered any budget proposal, because their partisan leaders – Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have said that to do so would be “foolish,” and that Democrats do not have the time to propose a budget. Yet somehow, Tester and the Democrats found the time to take a week-long recess from Washington. “It’s ironic that Democrats like Jon Tester say they are too busy to pass or even propose a budget, but then conveniently find the time to take a one-week vacation,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond. “With a national debt…
Tester Is Only Candidate For Senate In Montana Who Voted For Law That Rations Health Care, Cuts Medicare
As liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and his fellow Washington Democrats continue to demagogue the important issue of Medicare reform, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today reminded Montanans that Tester is the only candidate for U.S. Senate in Montana who voted into law a bill that will ration health care and cut Medicare by $500 billion – which he did by giving President Barack Obama the deciding 60th vote to ram ObamaCare into law. “Despite his political posturing, voters know Jon Tester voted for ObamaCare, which rations health care for seniors and cuts Medicare by $500 billion,” said NRSC spokesman Chris Bond. “Senator Tester’s decision to ignore Montana voters and cast the deciding 60th vote for ObamaCare’s tax hikes and Medicare cuts will be a key issue as he prepares to face Montanans at the polls next year.”
Does Tester Believe That Senate Democrats Should Offer A Budget Proposal?
755 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed A Budget It’s been 755 days since U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and the Democrats who run the Senate have performed the most basic job function of Congress by passing a federal budget. Additionally in the 112th Congress, Democrats like Tester haven’t even offered a budget proposal, because their leaders – Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have stated that not only do Democrats not have the time to propose a budget, but it would be “foolish” of them to do so. “Montanans deserve to know if Senator Tester agrees with his liberal party leaders that it would be ‘foolish’ for Democrats to finally offer a budget proposal, or if he believes it’s time for Senate Democrats to do their job and pass a budget,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Chris Bond. “With a national debt…
