ANCHORAGE: The Senate is expected to vote soon on a two year, bipartisan budget plan that would reduce the federal deficit and prevent more government shutdowns.

Joe Miller is the only Alaska Republican Senate candidate to take a position on the compromise, echoing the Senate Conservatives Fund, while Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan continue to sidestep critical issues in front of the U.S. Senate. Monday on KFQD, conservative commentator Bernadette Wilson criticized Treadwell and Sullivan for their silence.

“Will Treadwell and Sullivan side with the Tea Party or with the bipartisan group trying to end Washington gridlock?” said Mike Wenstrup, Chair of the Alaska Democratic Party. “The list of issues Sullivan and Treadwell refuse to take a stand on is longer than a six-year old’s list to Santa.”

Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) crafted the compromise, which already has passed the House with overwhelming support, including from Congressman Don Young. In the Senate, Republicans John McCain, Jeff Flake, Susan Collins, Ron Johnson, and Orrin Hatch have said they will vote for cloture on the bill, which also has widespread support among Democrats. The budget compromise would reduce federal budget deficits, which already have been cut in half since 2008.

The Alaska Democratic Party has developed an issue tracker to identify those policies on which Dan Sullivan and Mead Treadwell have not taken a position:

Treadwell, Sullivan Issue Tracker

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan agree with Gov. Parnell that federal funding is so unreliable that Alaska should not accept federal funding if funding might change in the future?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support the Gillibrand Amendment to address military sexual assault?

☐ Does Dan Sullivan support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support privatizing Social Security?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support means-testing Medicare?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support Equal Pay for Equal Work legislation?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support providing access to emergency contraception?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support the Violence Against Women Act?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support women’s reproductive rights, including the right to medical privacy?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support No Child Left Behind?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan believe that humans contribute to climate change?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support education vouchers?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support comprehensive immigration reform or a path to citizenship?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support updating the coverage formula under the Voting Rights Act?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support the permanent reauthorization of Indian Health Service?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support allowing individuals with pre-existing conditions to purchase health care?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support allowing children to stay on their parents’ health insurance until the age of 26?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support Voter ID legislation?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support filibuster reform?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support Citizens United?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support comprehensive tax reform that eliminates loopholes and lowers rates?

☐ Do Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan support a low fixed rate for student loans?