Jon Tester

Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire

2013-04-23 08:15:00

Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...

Proposed gun amendment faces uphill battle in Senate

2013-04-15 20:30:00

WASHINGTON — A single conversation on the Senate floor Monday illustrated the challenges senators face in pushing a bipartisan measure to extend background checks to most gun sales. Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), the chief author of the proposal,...

Supreme Court gay marriage debate prompts lawmakers to state support

2013-03-27 11:38:00

WASHINGTON -- Six Democratic senators have announced their support for same-sex marriage in nearly as many days, policy reversals that reflect the changing politics of the issue as the Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark cases. Since...

The challenging math of passing immigration reform

2013-01-28 10:54:00

WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...

Democrats retain narrow majority in Senate

2012-11-07 00:50:00

WASHINGTON — Democrats retained a narrow majority in the Senate on Tuesday, but Republicans kept their grip on the House, delivering another divided, and highly polarized, Congress. The balance of power was likely to shift by no more than a seat...

McManus: A Rove 'money bomb'?

2012-09-26 00:00:00

Here's a short list of Democrats who secretly hope Mitt Romney gets his presidential campaign turned around fast and gives President Obama a run for his money: Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic Senate candidate in North Dakota; Jon Tester, the Democratic...

Western lawmakers set their sights on gray wolves

2010-10-04 16:34:39

Senate to vote on food safety bill

2010-11-16 16:33:14

Feinstein pushes BPA restrictions in food safety bill

2010-11-17 16:32:51

Budget rider would lift wolf protections in northern Rockies

2011-04-12 21:34:10

Negotiations over gray wolves' endangered status continue, but with no consensus

2010-12-05 16:33:40

Wolf attacks on Montana livestock spike, stirring backlash

2010-01-15 21:33:47

Victorious: Democratic Sens. Harry Reid, left, and Charles E. Schumer visit with Sen.-elect Jon Tester of Montana and his wife, Sharla, in Washington.

2006-11-14 00:00:00

BIG JOB AHEAD: I do a lot of my best thinking right here, Jon Tester has said of his Big Sandy farm, which he works here on election day. Some locals hope the Democrat can draw attention to the plight of dying farm towns.

2006-11-08 00:00:00