Jon Tester

WASHINGTON — With Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket, the momentum in the race for control of the House of Representatives now seems to be moving toward the Democrats, according to an analysis released Thursday by... Read More

HELENA, Mont. — A bill moving through the Republican-led Legislature in Montana would rewrite the rules for a single electoral contest in 2024 — the party’s uphill battle to take down three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. “This bill is... Read More

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced Wednesday he will run for reelection in 2024, a move seen as helping the party hold onto its narrow Senate majority in what some pundits have said could be a difficult year for... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration last week announced it will wind down the pandemic-era order known as Title 42 in late May. Though always controversial, the decision to do away with what were, in essence, summary deportations in the name... Read More

WASHINGTON — John LaBombard, currently communications director for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is leaving Capitol Hill after 15 years to join the public affairs firm ROKK Solutions as senior vice president. “We are excited to welcome John to the team,”... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel to Capitol Hill Thursday to begin crafting a plan to pass a pair of voting rights bills that have been stalled in the Senate for months. A major focus of Biden’s lunchtime visit... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Senate only just returned to work a few days ago, but already it’s embroiled in the knock-down, drag-out brawl of the year. The “it,” of course, is the raging war of words over Senate Democrats' effort to... Read More

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a letter to the Senate Democratic Caucus released Monday that if Republicans continue to block sweeping voting rights legislation currently stalled in the chamber, a vote on amending or doing away... Read More

WASHINGTON —Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., are leading a bipartisan effort to increase transparency surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Modernization program. This past summer, the VA’s Office of Inspector General released a series... Read More

WASHINGTON -- Members of the House and Senate gathered outside the Capitol Friday to celebrate this week’s progress on the largest infrastructure bill in U.S. history, and to remind everyone that the legislation still has a ways to go before... Read More

WASHINGTON - A bill that would make the District of Columbia the 51st state made it out of the House Oversight and Reforms Committee on Wednesday, and will come up for a vote in the full House next week. Last... Read More

As the U.S. struggles to fight off a lingering coronavirus pandemic, the full impact of the crisis on the lives of Americans is just starting to come into view. But for the veteran community -- as for many other groups... Read More