Montanans across the state are opening their local newspapers this week to find full-page ads contrasting Jon Tester’s Montana-first agenda with the wrong priorities of his fellow U.S. Senate candidates, Congressman Dennis Rehberg and Libertarian Dan Cox.
Rehberg voted against a bipartisan measure that would have increased funding to help homeless veterans by $75 million.
Rehberg and his party bosses voted against a bipartisan proposal that would have increased funding for PTSD, TBI and prosthetics research by $28 million.
Tester has voted for numerous tax cuts on more than 30 different occasions to cut taxes for Montana families and businesses.
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., became an official candidate for re-election Tuesday, paying his $1,740 filing fee and urging Montanans to examine his “record of accomplishment.”
U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki vowed in July to do what he could to accelerate the planned expansion of the Billings VA clinic, currently scheduled to be completed in 2014…
During his visit, Tester made an unabashed push for the second phase of the clinic and said Shinseki’s visit was “critically important” to see first-hand the need for the expansion and additional services.
VA Secretary Gen. Eric Shinseki told U.S. Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester Wednesday of the selection of the Veterans Benefit Administration regional office at the fort along with sites in Wichita, Kans., and Milwaukee, Wis., to take part in the VA’s “Transformational Plan” to reduce the backlog of disability claims.
Tester said Thursday it could mean seven new jobs at Fort Harrison.
What was she most looking forward to at the retreat?
Staff Sgt. Charleen Crenshaw had a quick answer, and it didn’t come from the action-packed itinerary.
“Relaxation,” said the Army Reservist and mother of nine children.
