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Jon Tester: “With the floodgates opened to corporate spending, it will not take a Copper King to buy a $17,000 election.”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2010
With the floodgates opened to corporate spending, it will not take a Copper King to buy a $17,000 election.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Tester warns about the impact of corporate spending on elections.

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