“Montana has spoken loud and clear,” Sen. Jon Tester said after introducing transparency and accountability legislation last year, “our campaign finance system is broken.” Tester wasn’t wrong. Tester is just a case in point.
The Montana Democrat likes to condemn money in politics almost as much as he likes to accept campaign cash from lobbyists. Tester rails against Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision which allows corporations to make political contributions, then Tester cashes checks from corporate lobbyists.
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