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December 23, 2007| View More
Tester reflects on ups, downs of his 1st year
WASHINGTON - One year ago, Jon Tester was a U.S. senator-to-be, had few staff members and only an idea of what awaited him in Washington. "If you roll the clock back 12 months ago right now, we didn't have any offices open," he said recently. "We'd just come through a pretty …
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December 23, 2007| View More
State delegation touts progress
WASHINGTON — Montana farmers will have a stronger safety net next year, disabled veterans will have an easier time getting to the doctor, and students will see lower interest rates on their college loans, thanks to efforts by the state's congressional delegation this year.
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August 19, 2007| View More
Tester faces first tests
WASHINGTON — When you're a freshman in the U.S. Senate, there's little time to get acclimated to the supercharged environment. Just ask Montana's newest senator, Democrat Jon Tester. Since being sworn in seven months ago, Tester — a farmer from Big Sandy and a former state senator — has cast votes …
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June 1, 2007| View More
Don't Mess With Tester
It's Saturday morning, and the United States Senate is grumpy. Harry Reid, the diminutive majority leader of the Senate Democrats, has declared a rare Saturday vote, which has not endeared him to his colleagues, who prefer to spend weekends in their home states or running for president in someone else's. …
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April 8, 2007| View More
Man of the dirt
BIG SANDY - Stretched beneath his tractor and staring into the belly of the broken-down behemoth, Jon Tester looks like Jonah swallowed by the whale. Only his tread-worn boots and grease-streaked pants poke out from the machine. He's been in …
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March 25, 2007| View More
Movin' on up: Sen Tester builds staff, moves into permanent offices
WASHINGTON - A visitor with an appointment to meet Sen. Jon Tester in his Capitol Hill office last week showed up several minutes late and apologetic after wandering the halls trying to find Tester's cramped, temporary basement quarters. Tester has been working short-staffed because he literally did not have enough desks …
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March 5, 2007| View More
For Sen. Tester, Not Your Average Day in the Senate
It's probably a safe bet that not too many people walking through the basement halls of the Russell Senate Office Building notice the Senate Sheet Metal Shop, where workers mold the metal that will make up the air ducts, roofs and other elements of the Capitol complex. But for Sen. Jon …
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January 15, 2007| View More
Mr. Tester Goes to Washington
BIG SANDY -- Nowhere does Jon Tester's recent induction into the most powerful legislative body in the world seem more unreal than right here. Standing on the back porch of his white farmhouse, Tester – that's Senator Tester – scans a view remarkably unchanged from the scene his grandfather saw when …
