Tag Archive: Jon Tester

Oppose Government Waste and Support Government Accountability in a Single Bill

by Lisa Rosenberg Apr 16, 2013 11:22 am

As of midnight last night, candidates for federal office were to have filed their campaign finance disclosure reports with the... View Article

Obama Pushes Senate E-Filing in Proposed Budget

by Matt Rumsey

policy

Apr 10, 2013 3:01 pm

President Obama’s 2014 budget includes a Sunlight priority that won’t erase the deficit, but will streamline the way that important... View Article

Senator Tester Champions Government Transparency; Reintroduces POIA

by Lisa Rosenberg Mar 12, 2013 5:02 pm

Today, Senator Jon Tester reintroduced The Public Online Information Act (POIA) a bill that would take already public government information... View Article

Senator Tester Keeps Fighting the Good Fight for Transparency

by Lisa Rosenberg Feb 26, 2013 1:06 pm

Today, Senator Tester announced that once again he has introduced the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, (not yet online) a... View Article

Unknown donors fund 11th hour ads against Democratic Senate candidates

by Keenan Steiner

investigations

Oct 30, 2012 9:05 am

Sen. Jon Tester A GOP-aligned super PAC that formed just three weeks before the election and whose donors remain unknown dropped about $1 million on two key Senate races on Friday, according to recent Federal Election Commission reports.

Freedom Fund North America made the buys opposing two Democratic candidates: Montana Sen. Jon Tester, seen at right, and former North Dakota attorney general Heidi Heitkamp. The super PAC also bought one supporting Rep. Rick Berg, the Republican running against Heitkamp for the state's open Senate seat. The ads do not appear to be available on the web; the group does not have a ...

Sanctioning Corruption in the US Senate

by Lisa Rosenberg May 17, 2012 11:26 am

Yesterday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted, in essence, to sanction the practice of secret “pay-to-play” in... View Article

Inching Towards E-filing

by Lisa Rosenberg Apr 24, 2012 1:04 pm

Where else but the United States Senate would digital documents containing vital public information be printed, scanned, emailed, printed again... View Article

Tester and Cochran offer Electronic Filing Amendment to the STOCK Act

by Lisa Rosenberg Feb 2, 2012 11:53 am

Senators Tester and Cochran, champions of common sense legislation that would require senators and senate candidates to electronically file their... View Article

Trendsetters Wanted

by Lisa Rosenberg Jun 9, 2011 11:09 am

The Sunlight Foundation and a dozen other bipartisan organizations are seeking Senators who are willing to be among the first... View Article

Voluntary Electronic Filing Gains a New Supporter

by Lisa Rosenberg Apr 18, 2011 9:28 am

Senator John Tester announced on Facebook and Twitter that he has joined a very small handful of Senators who electronically... View Article