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754 Days & Counting Since Senate Democrats Passed  A Budget It’s been more than 750 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 – during which time the federal debt has risen by an additional $3.1 trillion. But despite our nation’s growing fiscal crisis, Senate Democrats have yet to even propose a budget in the current 112th Congress, let alone debate and pass one, and Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) now claims that it would be “foolish” for Democrats to attempt to do their jobs by proposing a budget. As the Los Angeles Times reports: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would be “foolish” for Democrats to propose their own federal budget for 2012, despite continued attacks from Republicans that the party is ducking its responsibility to put…

In the 112th Congress, Senate Democrats Haven’t Even Proposed A Budget As a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006, Jon Tester (D-MT) repeatedly expressed his support for a balanced budget and routinely pilloried Republicans for their fiscal record in Washington. Yet today marks a full 750 days since Tester and the Democrat-controlled Senate have passed ANY budget, let alone a balanced budget, something which Tester has also never once helped to pass since coming to Washington.  In fact, in the current 112th Congress, Senate Democrats have yet to even propose a budget, let alone debate and pass one.  And in just the 750 days since Tester and his fellow Democrats who run the Senate have failed to pass a budget, the federal debt has risen by an additional $3.1 trillion. “Every month, every Montana family has to put together a budget and live within their means, yet Jon Tester…

Incumbent Once Again Exposed For Election-Cycle Political Posturing After weeks of election-cycle political posturing – and just one day after voting to raise energy taxes while Montanans suffer from $4-a-gallon gas – liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) voted today against a measure that is actually aimed at combating high gas prices for Montana families and small businesses, while creating thousands of new American jobs. Just yesterday, after weeks of grandstanding, Tester and the liberal wing of the Democrat party attempted to ram through an admittedly unconstitutional scheme to raise energy taxes while Montanans struggle to afford near-record-high gas. Meanwhile, the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) reported that Tester and the Democrats’ proposed energy tax hikes would “make oil and natural gas more expensive for U.S. consumers and likely increase foreign dependence,” and the Montana Petroleum Association made clear that Tester’s tax hikes “would increase gas and diesel prices and…