NPR: Sen. Jon Tester Decries Citizens United’s Impact In Montana, Nationally
The contest for the seat held by Sen. Jon Tester, a Montana Democrat, is one of the potentially close 2012 races that could ultimately decide whether Democrats maintain control of Congress’ upper chamber.
As such, the battle is attracting attention from outside groups hoping their financial assistance will make a difference for both the first-term Democrat and his Republican challenger, Rep. Denny Rehberg, the state’s sole House member and a former lieutenant governor.
read moreMontana Standard: Guest Editorial: Separating myth from fact in FJRA
Shortly after Senator Jon Tester introduced his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (FJRA), I got a call from a woman worried about Tester taking away her elderly friends’ right to drive their pickup into the East Pioneer Mountains to enjoy summer picnics.
“Wait a minute,” I replied. “Don’t you and your friends understand that wilderness only involves the wildest, most remote places where there are no roads?” I explained that the places where we drive on forest roads aren’t roadless lands. They’re not affected in any way by wilderness designations.
read moreMissoulian: Tester wants accounting of groups reimbursed for suing government
Scrutiny of the Equal Access to Justice Act went bipartisan on Monday when Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., submitted a bill calling for a complete accounting of how much the fund pays people and groups that successfully sue the federal government.
read moreBillings Gazette: Guest opinion: Coalition built trust to create balanced forest bill
Montana’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act again came close to passage last month. The bill aimed at creating jobs and improving forest management enjoys strong support in Montana and growing support in the U.S. Senate.
But as FJRA gains momentum, opponents appear to be shifting tactics. Because so many Montanans have united around FJRA’s collaborative approach to creating jobs and resolving national forest conflicts, outright opposition has become politically imprudent.
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