{"id":1869109,"date":"2023-03-06T12:13:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-tester-could-become-do-or-die-vote-in-senate-that-halts-bidens-legislative-agenda\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:15:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:15:16","slug":"jon-tester-could-become-do-or-die-vote-in-senate-that-halts-bidens-legislative-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-tester-could-become-do-or-die-vote-in-senate-that-halts-bidens-legislative-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Tester could become do-or-die vote in Senate that halts Biden&#8217;s legislative agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjon-tester-could-become-do-or-die-vote-in-senate-that-halts-bidens-legislative-agenda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1869109&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_77799908\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Manchin calls on Democrats to negotiate over debt ceiling: \u2018Stop this madness'\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) called on his Democratic colleagues on Thursday to negotiate with Republicans on spending cuts ahead of the country's summer deadline to raise the debt ceiling. The West Virginia senator, a centrist Democrat, argued that the United States needs to put itself on a fiscally sustainable path, a call that comes as Republicans push to roll back spending as part of any debt ceiling agreement. Democratic lawmakers have resisted the call for concessions, largely insisting on a clean increase and arguing that risking default would be devastating for the economy. Manchin, for his part, said today's spending levels are \"absolutely crippling.\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M16S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-02 23:28:23\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1252936_th_1677799903.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1252936.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_77799908\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1252936\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">S<\/span>en. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jon-tester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Tester<\/a> (D-MT) is one of several senators in for a fight during his 2024 reelection bid, as the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrat<\/a> will be mounting a bid in a heavily <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\">Republican<\/a> state. <\/p>\n<p>Tester&#8217;s position as a vulnerable Democrat makes his vote key for President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>&#8216;s agenda in the 51-49 Senate, where Sen.<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-manchin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Joe Manchin<\/a> (D-WV) tends to vote against some of the president&#8217;s more liberal policies. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/jon-testers-top-gop-challengers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO JON TESTER&#8217;S TOP GOP CHALLENGERS COULD BE IN 2024<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The Montana senator could be the crucial vote Biden needs for his picks for the head of the Federal Aviation Administration and for the ambassador to India to be approved by the upper chamber. Both Phil Washington and Eric Garcetti have been under intense scrutiny, and their confirmations by the Senate have not been locked in. <\/p>\n<p>With the Senate at a de facto 49-49 split, due to the hospitalizations of Sens. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/fetterman-hospitalized-few-weeks-aide-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/89-year-old-feinstein-hospitalized-for-shingles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dianne Feinstein<\/a> (D-CA), endangered senators in the Democratic caucus, including Tester, Manchin, and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), all need to vote in line for Biden to get nominees and legislation approved. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">                 Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen as she testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Montana Democrat is expected to announce Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, that he will seek re-election to a fourth term.                 <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 (Tom Williams\/Pool Photo via AP)                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tester recently joined Manchin in a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/senate-rejects-esg-rule-biden-first-veto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vote for a measure<\/a> with Senate Republicans to block a rule by the Labor Department that allows investment managers to consider factors other than achieving the highest return when making investments. The rule allows managers to consider <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/esg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">environmental and social governance<\/a> while making decisions, which <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/manchin-blasts-biden-retirement-plan-rule-prioritizing-a-liberal-policy-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchin slammed<\/a> as prioritizing a &#8220;liberal policy agenda&#8221; rather than focusing on increasing people&#8217;s wealth. <\/p>\n<p>Tester was more in line with the Democratic caucus in the previous Congress than Manchin and Sinema were, but as the Montana senator&#8217;s 2024 reelection bid draws near, he may be a do-or-die senator in a similar way the two centrists are. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Manchin, Sinema, and Tester all face difficult reelection bids next year, with Tester and Manchin representing states that overwhelmingly voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election and are poised to do so again in 2024. Manchin has not announced a reelection bid. <\/p>\n<p>The Montana Democrat&#8217;s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/jon-testers-top-gop-challengers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most likely challengers<\/a> include the state&#8217;s two Republican House members, its governor, and its attorney general. He won two of his three elections by razor-thin margins, and 2024 will be a test of whether he can replicate his previous electoral magic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/jon-tester-could-be-do-or-die-for-biden-plans\">Jon Tester could become do-or-die vote in Senate that halts Biden&#8217;s legislative agenda<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3815,3706,20727,4372,16480,5409,3740,4941,4474],"class_list":["post-1869109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-agenda","tag-bidens","tag-do-or-die","tag-halts","tag-jon","tag-legislative","tag-senate","tag-tester","tag-vote"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}