Tester Proposes Constitutional Amendment Declaring Corporations Are Not People

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http://mtpr.org/post/tester-proposes-constitutional-amendment-declaring-corporations-are-not-people

I assume this means we'll start seeing Tester just happen to drop by Iowa soon.

Montana's senior senator has introduced three bills that he says would increase transparency and accountability in elections.

Democrat Jon Tester says all three would "shine a light on dark money that tries to influence our elections and restore the right of citizens of this country – not to corporations."

One of Tester’s bills would require all U.S. Senate candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically with the Federal Election Commission, not the Secretary of State.

Another would require the IRS to make public any donors who give more than $5,000 to nonprofits that engage in electioneering.

[HassleCat]

1. What?! If thou prick him, doth he not bleed?

No, I guess he doth not. Nor doth he freeze in the cold, nor go hungry, nor grieve for the departed, nor anything else that would make him human.

[BannonsLiver]

2. He voted against Tillerson and Pompeo as well

I've been a fan of his since 2006 but didn't expect that would be the case in either instance. He's up for re-elect in 2018.

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4. I wrote him asking him to run in 2016

He and Schweitzer are both interesting

[BannonsLiver]

5. Yes they are

I think Schweitzer's time may have come and gone but I would be very intrigued if Tester ran in 2020. I think he'd play very very well in Iowa and him taking up issues like those in the OP could help him with those further to the left.

[smirkymonkey]

3. K&R

[KittyWampus]

6. Maybe HE can run for POTUS? I don't know much about him. But this is important.

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7. He's an organic farmer and music teacher. He lost three fingers on his left hand

to a meat packing machine at the age of 9.

He was president of the Montana senate for a while and made utilities use more renewable energy. He breaks with the party on Keystone XL and most gun control, but is pretty reliable otherwise.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

8. Corporations are not people.

Where do I sign?

[leanforward]

9. I'm with the good Senator

Montana has experience with money in politics that dates back to 1906. Corporations are not people. As I understand, the Citizens United interfered with their State Law concerning the mining corporate money in their state politics.

They recognized the impact of corporate greed on the populace. And then came Citizens United. I'm with Senator Tester.

[UTUSN]

10. Is there a problem with his visiting iowa?!1 n/t

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12. Not at all. I just like reading tea leaves (nt)

[JudyM]

11. Maybe the MSM is ready to begin standing with us on this...