Republicans Release New Video Highlighting Tester’s Reckless Spending AgendaWASHINGTON — When Senator Jon Tester first came to Washington in January 2007, the federal debt stood at $8.6 trillion – a figure which took over 200 years for our country to reach. Yet, just five years later, and particularly over the last three years as Tester has rubber-stamped nearly every major spending initiative proposed by President Obama, the federal debt has now hit the once-unfathomable mark of $15 trillion – a 74 percent increase, and more than $48,000 for every American man, woman and child. To mark the United States Treasury reaching the $15 trillion debt mark today, and to highlight the massive spending by Senator Tester and President Obama that has led to this point, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) released a new web video – “$15,000,000,000,000…Siriously” “As a candidate for the Senate in 2006, Jon Tester talked about…
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Tester Flip-Flops, Sides With Obama & Reid To Move Ahead With Obama Stimulus
Just Days Ago Said “We Shouldn’t Be Sending Billions Of Dollars In Bailout Aid To States,” But Voted Last Night To Do Just That WASHINGTON — Despite declaring just ten days ago that “we shouldn’t be sending billions of dollars in bailout aid to states,” Democrat U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) flip-flopped last night, voting instead with Democrat Senate Leader Harry Reid and his fellow Senate liberals to send tens of billions of dollars to state governments in what Tester himself has dubbed a “bailout,” while raising taxes on families and small-business owners. As Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill reports: The first measure, a piece of President Obama’s larger jobs package, failed by a tally of 50 to 50 after several Democrats joined with Republicans to the Senate from moving to the measure… [Nebraska Sen. Ben] Nelson and Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) were the two Democrats to vote against the president’s…
Obama & Tester’s Endless Summer…
One Year After Declaring “Recovery Summer,” Stimulus Failure Continues To Highlight Tester’s Reckless Spending, Broken Promises WASHINGTON — In case liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) lost track of the date and forgot to remind Montanans, it’s been a full year since Tester and his fellow Washington Democrats declared that it was “Recovery Summer,” promising that their $787 billion in reckless deficit spending would fix America’s ailing economy. So, to mark the one-year anniversary of Tester and the Democrats’ “Recovery Summer,” it’s worth examining a few of the claims he and his fellow liberal Democrats made regarding their failed $787 billion stimulus debacle. For instance… · The Obama administration claimed their stimulus would “save or create 3.5 million jobs before 2011,” and Tester claimed it would “rebuild America’s struggling economy by creating millions of new jobs.” But America has lost nearly 1.9 million jobs since he helped ram the stimulus…
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…
Tester Fiddles While Montanans Suffer From $4-A-Gallon Gas
Even Fellow Democrats Call Tester Proposal “Laughable” & “A Gimmick” As a new USA Today/Gallup survey shows nearly 70 percent of Americans suffering “financial hardship” thanks to a national average of nearly $4-per-gallon gas, Montanans are reminded that not only is liberal U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) refusing to work with Republicans on bipartisan efforts to lower the price at the pump, he is actually attempting to drive the price of fuel up by raising energy taxes. As USA Today reports: As gas prices hover near $4 a gallon, nearly seven in 10 Americans say the high cost of fuel is causing financial hardship for their families, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. More than half say they have made major changes to compensate for the higher prices, ranging from shorter trips to cutting back on vacation travel. For 21%, the impact is so dramatic they say their standard of…
Senate Democrat Leader Says Tester Bill Is “Unfair” To Montana Small Businesses
Comments From Harry Reid Heighten Scrutiny On Tester Campaign Contributions Already under the microscope for accepting tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from banks and lobbyists after introducing a bill to delay new regulations on debit-card swipe fees, U.S. Senator Jon Tester’s (D-MT) position on this important issue has come under even greater scrutiny today. In a statement to The Hill newspaper, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) now says he will be opposing Tester’s proposal because it is “unfair to small businesses.” · “He feels it’s unfair to small businesses,” Reid spokesman Jon Summers said of an amendment proposed by Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) that would force the Federal Reserve to delay regulations on debit-card transaction fees that could cost banks as much as $16 billion annually in profits….Banking lobbyists say Tester’s proposal has strong behind-the-scenes support from Schumer, a staunch defender of…
