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https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/matt-rosendale
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2021427Supporting Tribal Management of BisonWildlife, Environmental Justice, Public Lands/Forests
2021385Transformative Climate, Jobs, and Justice Investments (2x Score)Climate Change, Air, Clean Energy, Environmental Justice, Transportation, Public Lands/Forests, Water, Other
2021385Transformative Climate, Jobs, and Justice InvestmentsClimate Change, Air, Clean Energy, Drilling, Environmental Justice, Public Lands/Forests, Transportation, Water, Other
2021379Censuring Paul GosarJustice and Democracy
2021272Taking Action on PFAS ContaminationToxics/Public Right to Know
2021260Restoring the Voting Rights ActJustice and Democracy
2021247Pro-Environment Funding PackageOther, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Air, Clean Water, Environmental Justice
2021217Protecting People from PFASToxics/Public Right to Know; Water
2021208Investing in Transportation and Water InfrastructureClimate Change, Transportation, Water, Clean Energy, Environmental Justice
2021206Building Climate-resilient Wastewater InfrastructureWater, Climate Change
2021201Investing in Climate-Smart and Pro-Wildlife InfrastructureTransportation, Climate Change, Wildlife
2021196Removing Confederate Statues from the U.S. CapitolLands/Forests, Justice and Democracy
2021185Repealing Assault on Methane Pollution SafeguardsClimate Change, Dirty Energy
2021169Corporate Climate Risk Disclosure RequirementsClimate Change; Other
2021145Increasing Awareness and Reporting of Hate CrimesOther, Justice and Democracy
2021132Washington, D.C. StatehoodJustice and Democracy
202191Protecting Dreamers and Immigrants Fleeing DisastersJustice and Democracy, Other
202170Protecting the Rights of Workers to OrganizeOther, Justice and Democracy
202162Voting Rights and Democracy ReformsJustice and Democracy
202145Protecting Public Lands and Waters Across the WestPublic Lands/Forests
202117Impeachment for Incitement of InsurrectionJustice and Democracy
202111Certifying Pennsylvania’s Electoral VotesJustice and Democracy
202110Certifying Arizona’s Electoral VotesJustice and Democracy
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Republican alleges 'shadow government' as House GOP threatens to impeach 7 Biden officials
David Badash
andThe New Civil Rights Movement
January 10, 2024
House Republicans this week have threatened two additional members of the Biden administration with impeachment, bringing the total so far during this Congress to seven elected and appointed federal government officials: President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves.
In addition to House Republicans’ official impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, on Wednesday House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green gaveled in the first of his committee’s impeachment hearings on DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: “Havoc in the Heartland: How Secretary Mayorkas’ Failed Leadership Has Impacted the States.”AT SAME TIME LEAD NEGOTIATOR WITH SENATE LAnkford
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) announced he will seek to impeach Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the same day the Pentagon revealed Defense chief was hospitalized and had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Wednesday morning, defending his impeachment announcement, Rosendale claimed there is a “shadow government” running President Biden’s administration and suggesting former President Barack Obama is actually in charge of the White House.
“On Thursday, there was a drone strike. Two people were killed in Baghdad. Who gave the order?” Newsmax’s Rob Finnerty asked Congressman Rosendale. “We know it wasn’t the Deputy Defense Secretary because as you said, she was sunning herself in Puerto Rico just a few days after Joe Biden was sunning himself down in St. Croix. So this is a massive problem for the White House that nobody is, nobody can give us a good answer.”
READ MORE: ‘The World Is Literally at War’: McConnell Sends Strong Warning to House Republicans
“And see,” Congressman Rosendale replied, “this is the question: Who is running, what shadow government do we have behind the Biden administration that’s actually making the decisions about what is going to happen? How our affairs are going to be conducted, both domestically and in foreign affairs?”
“This should be very concerning to everyone across the nation,” Rosendale alleged. “I mean, we’ve heard for quite some time now that Barack Obama is actually running things and when I watched Joe Biden try to deliver a speech and then fumble his way off of the stage, it scares me to think that this is what is leading our nation. And when I see that the foreign leaders are watching this exact same interaction, do you think it does not embolden tyrants around the world, our adversaries around the world when they see that this is how our affairs are being conducted?”
In addition to targeting President Biden, DHS Secretary Mayorkas, and Defense Secretary Austin, House Republicans are also threatening to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland.
READ MORE: ‘Failure Theater’: Speaker Johnson in ‘Way Over His Head’ Cry House Republicans
On Monday, House Oversight Committee Chair Jim Comer suggested A.G. Garland could be impeached if he does not arrest and bring criminal charges against Hunter Biden for contempt of Congress.
Chairman Comer had subpoenaed the President’s son, but when Hunter Biden agreed to testify but only in public and not behind closed doors, Comer rejected the offer. Hunter Biden showed up on the date scheduled, but Comer would not agree.
House Republicans on Comer’s Oversight Committee and on Chairman Jim Jordan’s Judiciary Committee on Wednesday are holding a vote to determine if they want Hunter Biden held in contempt of Congress. Chairman Jordan last year refused to testify before the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, ignoring the legal subpoena issued by that committee.
Last year U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) filed a resolution to impeach Vice President Kamala Harris, “for high crimes and misdemeanors.”
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene last year filed a resolution to impeach the Attorney General, “for facilitating the weaponization and politicization of the United States justice system against the American people.” She also filed a resolution to impeach “Christopher Asher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for facilitating the development of a Federal police force to intimidate, harass, and entrap American citizens that are deemed enemies of the Biden regime.”
READ MORE: ‘Big Deal’: Trump Jr. Ignores Dad Is Accused of Sex With ‘Many Girls’ in New Epstein Doc Dump
Also last year, Greene filed a resolution to impeach “Matthew M. Graves, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, for endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating the explosion of violent crime in the Nation’s capital.”
Watch the videos above or at this link.
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a36741995/tucker-carlson-january-6-fbi-republicans/
...Sedition Caucus within the Republican minority in the House of Representatives. Here is a good place to start if you’re formulating a roster.
Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Andy Harris (Md.),Lance Gooden (Tex.), Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Louie Gohmert (Tex.), Michael Cloud (Tex.), Andrew S. Clyde (Ga.), Greg Steube (Fla.), Bob Good (Va.) and John Rose (Tenn.). Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Barry Moore (Ala.), Ralph Norman (S.C.),Matthew M. Rosendale (Mont.),Chip Roy (Tex.), Paul A. Gosar (Ariz.), Warren Davidson (Ohio), Scott Perry (Pa.), Jody Hice (Ga.) and Mary Miller (Ill.).
My favorites among the bunch are the 10 Republicans who previously voted for awarding the gold medal [to capitol police?] who flipped to vote "no" on Wednesday. What a noble clutch of primates they are. And while some of the names are those of familiar space aliens, there are some newbies in there with whom I was not familiar. For example, there's Mary Miller of Illinois, who wasn’t in office for a week before she started quoting Hitler....
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SUMMARY: Representative Matt Rosendale has long been an opponent of public lands, regularly voting against bills that would increase access to public lands while in the Montana legislature, and even touting in 2014 that, “I have long been on the record as an advocate for the transfer of federal public lands to the state.” Rosendale wanted to have federal transfers of lands in Northwest Montana so that the state could log in protected areas, and supported legislation in 2011 that would have disallowed Montana from acquiring any new public lands. Rosendale also was very vocal in his opposition to certifying the results of the 2020 election, claiming that there was widespread allegations of fraud and irregularities.
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Rosendale was one of the first Republicans to call for Liz Cheney to resign as Chair of the House Republican Congressfor her support for impeaching Donald Trump for inciting insurrection, and opposed the January 6 th commission, claiming it was a political diversion. He was also one of 21 House Republicans who voted against a bill that would have awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Capitol police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. US Rep. Matt Rosendale Publicly Opposed Certifying The Results Of The 2020 Election, Voted Against The January 6 th Commission, And Called For Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney’s Resignation After She Supported Trump’s Impeachment.
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tRosendale Regularly Supported Anti-Public Lands Bills While In The Montana Legislature, Including A Bill To Disallow Montana From Acquiring Any New Public Lands. Rosendale In 2014: “I Have Long Been On The Record As An Advocate For The Transfer Of Federal Public Lands To The State.” “In 2014, when asked to participate in a Q and A with the Billings Gazette on the topic, [Rosendale] stated, ‘I have long been on the record as an advocate for the transfer of federal public lands to the state.’” [Outsideonline.com, 07/16/19]
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● Rosendale Voted For A Public Lands Management Study Which Was Considered “A Backdoor Route To Starting Down The Road Of The Transfer Or Sell-off Of Public Land.” “[Rosendale] voted for SJ 15 in 2013 to study public land management. The study was a backdoor route to starting down the road of the transfer or sell-off of public land. Rosendale voted again in 2015 for HB 496, creating a new legislative task force to study the same issue even after overwhelming public outcry kept any reference of sell-off or transfer out of the final report for SJ 15.” [Mtvoters.org, Accessed 12/13/21] Rosendale Wanted To Transfer Land From The BLM To Montana To Allow For More Logging In The State.
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“A top priority is to transfer U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands to the state. Rosendale called that a critical step that would encourage more logging in the northwestern and southwestern parts of Montana.” [Billings Gazette, 04/22/14] Matt Rosendale Has Worked To Prevent New Public Lands Protections In Montana In 2011, While Serving In Montana’s Legislature, Rosendale Voted For A Bill That Would Have Disallowed Montana From Acquiring Any New Public Lands. In 2011, Rosendale voted for SB 303, which would have “disallowed the state from purchasing new land for parks, wildlife habitat (including the Habitat Montana program), and even our university systems. a bill that would have disallowed Montana from acquiring any new public lands.” [Mtaudubon.org, Accessed 12/13/21]
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Rosendale “Torpedoed” A Conservation Easement Proposal In Montana.
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“Members of our group, Public Land/Water Access Association, feel that State Land Board member Matt Rosendale torpedoed the Keogh Conservation Easement Proposal at the September Land Board meeting. Three generations of the Keogh Ranch family, 10 miles north of Whitehall, have always allowed recreational use of their property and worked around the large numbers of elk, deer and antelope on their extensive ranch... If the Keogh Conservation Easement had been accepted by the Land Board, it would have protected key elk, deer and antelope habitat, as well as water rights and existing agricultural uses forever. Now, generations of recreationists will be the biggest losers.” [Billings Gazette, 10/26/17] Rosendale Has Sides With The Wilks Brothers, Texas Billionaire Frackers Who Are Buying Up Land In Montana, To Close Off Access To Public Lands. Rosendale Even Leased His Land To The Wilks Brothers
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League Of Conservation Voters Put Rosendale On Its “Dirty Dozen” List Of 2018 For His Continued Opposition To Public Lands, And His Close Ties To Texas Developers. “Montana Senate candidate Matt Rosendale poses such an enormous risk to Montana’s public lands that LCV Victory Fund put him on the Dirty Dozen — the list that targets some of the most anti-environment candidates... Rosendale is for major rollbacks to public lands protections and has called for land transfers that would make it easier for public lands to be sold off. This traces back to Rosendale’s developer roots. He has connections to the Wilks brothers — Texas billionaires notorious for buying up property in Montana and blocking access to public lands. Rosendale’s company has received thousands in royalties from the Wilks brothers, who lease two oil rigs on his property.
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Rosendale also supported legislation the Wilkses pushed that was criticized as a move toward the privatization of elk hunting. The Wilkses have repeatedly tried to block access to public land including Durfee Hills, a popular spot for elk hunting. Rosendale has a history of developing lands, not protecting them for Montanans to enjoy for generations to come.” [LCV.org, Accessed 12/10/21] Former Head Of Montana Conservation Voters: “From Supporting Efforts To Sell-Off Our Public Lands To Rolling Back Our Clean Energy Economy, [Matt] Rosendale Has Consistently Put Corporate Interests Ahead Of Everyday Montanans.” “Commissioner Rosendale has consistently voted against Montana’s outdoor heritage, clean air and water,” said Juanita Vero of Greenough, chair of Montana Conservation Voters. “From supporting efforts to sell-off our public lands to rolling back our clean energy economy, Commissioner Rosendale has consistently put corporate interests ahead of everyday Montanans. Montana’s outdoor industry generates $7.1 billion in spending and creates 71,000 direct jobs; Commissioner Rosendale’s voting record would jeopardize this critical part of our economy.” [Mtvoters.org, Accessed 12/13/21end
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US Congress passes resolution in support of Ukraine
The US House of Representatives approved a resolution "steadfastly, staunchly, proudly and fervently" in support of Ukraine. Many in Congress urged that more be done to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Only three members of the House voted against the resolution: Republicans Paul Gosar of Arizona, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Matt Rosendale of Montana.
US Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, is introducing a similar resolution in the Senate, the upper chamber....
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https://democracychronicles.org/lawsuit-nra/
from the Campaign Legal Center:
Today, Campaign Legal Center Action (CLC Action) filed suit on behalf of Giffords against the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for failing to announce any action against the National Rifle Association (NRA) for using shell corporations to coordinate campaign spending with seven federal candidates spanning three election cycles from 2014-2018. The lawsuit was filed two days before President Trump addresses the NRA’s annual convention for the third year in a row – the only time in American history a president has done so.
The NRA’s complicated scheme had the effect of evading campaign contribution limits and shielding millions of dollars of political spending – including up to $25 million coordinated with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign – from public scrutiny. The Trace first reported on the NRA’s scheme.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Giffords filed four complaints with the FEC to address these violations. The FEC is the independent regulatory agency tasked with enforcing campaign finance laws in federal elections, the agency routinely deadlocks and fails to reach the required four votes necessary to open an investigation. Today, Giffords is asserting its right of action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the 120-day period expired in which the FEC was legally required to respond.
“Our elections are awash in secret cash, and the federal agency charged with enforcing our nation’s election laws is asleep on the job,” said Trevor Potter, president of CLC, and a former Republican Chairman of the FEC. “Campaign finance laws are supposed to limit the influence of money in our politics. For our system to function properly, the FEC needs to enforce the laws that preserve the independence of campaigns and limit the influence of well-funded special interests.”
“When the FEC doesn’t do its job, groups like the NRA are able to get around the rules designed to limit the influence of money on our democracy,” said Brendan Fischer, director, federal reform at CLC. “The FEC’s failure to enforce the law sends a message to wealthy special interests that they can push the legal envelope and get away with it.”
“The FEC is supposed to be the nation’s election watchdog, but in this case it didn’t bite, bark, or even whimper,” said Adam Skaggs, Chief Counsel, Giffords Law Center. “Instead, it turned a blind eye while the NRA’s leadership made clear it’s more interested in handing bags of cash to candidates who will carry its water than following American laws or looking out for the interests of gun owners. In a desperate attempt to hold onto power and influence, NRA executives have flagrantly ignored our campaign finance laws and undermined the integrity of our election system. The FEC must bring illegal campaign conduct into the light of day and we are proud to join with CLC in calling on it to uphold the laws that protect the legitimacy of our democracy.”
, which explains the underlying story behind the NRA’s scheme.
Campaign finance law allows outside groups like the NRA to make unlimited expenditures supporting candidates only if the expenditures are completely independent of those candidates. To protect this independence, the FEC has rules prohibiting coordination between outside groups and campaigns, which include restrictions on how a vendor may work for both a candidate and an outside group supporting that candidate. Otherwise, the common vendor can act as a conduit to funnel strategic information to the outside group, and then that group’s expenditures are no longer independent.
The lawsuit implicates the NRA’s spending in support of the following seven candidates:
- Matt Rosendale (2018 campaign for U.S. Senate in Montana)
- Josh Hawley (2018 campaign for U.S. Senate in Missouri)
- Donald Trump (2016 campaign for President of the United States)
- Ron Johnson (2016 campaign for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin)
- Thom Tillis (2014 campaign for U.S. Senate in North Carolina)
- Cory Gardner (2014 campaign for U.S. Senate in Colorado)
- Tom Cotton (2014 campaign for U.S. Senate in Arkansas)
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Despite FEC Complaint, the NRA Is Still Using a Mystery Firm to Back Senate Candidates
The gun group's first big ad buy of the 2018 cycle was made through a company that, according to an election watchdog, exists only to circumvent campaign finance laws.
By Mike Spies Sep 10, 2018
NRA Youtube
The Trace
The National Rifle Association made its first major foray into the 2018 election cycle last week, unleashing ads on behalf of Republican challengers to Senators Jon Tester of Montana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia. And in both cases, the gun group continued to pay a mysterious vendor that, according to one election watchdog, appears to be a shell company set up to circumvent election laws limiting how much the NRA can spend on candidates.
That firm, according to the NRA’s latest filings with the Federal Election Commission, is Starboard Strategic Inc. As The Trace and Politico Magazine reported in July, Starboard Strategic, which is the NRA’s top election contractor — to the tune of more than $60 million from the gun group since 2014 — appears to be little more than the alter ego of an established firm calledOnMessage, Inc. The two entities share the same office addresses and partners, one of whom registered Starboard’s opaque, skeletal website (after our story was published, the domain registration was privatized).
OnMessage is a prominent consulting firm that works directly with GOP campaigns. According to an FEC complaint that the Campaign Legal Center filed shortly after our investigation, Starboard Strategic and OnMessage are “functionally indistinguishable.” The NRA is free to independently spend as much as it wants on political candidates, so long as the group isn’t coordinating its messaging and strategy with the candidates’ campaigns. Any spending that is coordinated, however, is subject to caps and disclosure requirements. By paying Starboard for ads in support of candidates while OnMessage was working directly with the same candidates’ official campaigns, the complaint says, the NRA “made excessive and unreported contributions…in violation of…reporting requirements and contribution limits.”
In 2014, the NRA paid Starboard millions of dollars for ads in support of three Republican Senate candidates: Tom Cotton in Arkansas; Cory Gardner in Colorado, and Thom Tillis in North Carolina. Simultaneously, those campaigns contracted with OnMessage. All three candidates defeated Democratic incumbents. In 2016, a similar arrangement played out again inWisconsin: Republican Ron Johnson, who beat back a challenge from Russ Feingold, employed OnMessage. Later in the campaign cycle, the NRA placed anti-Feingold ads through Starboard.
Federal law allows outside groups and campaigns to use common vendors. But the firm working for either client must ensure that employees do not share election-related information. Usually, a firm seeks to prevent coordination by requiring its staffers to read and sign astrict firewall policy, which functions both as an agreement to comply with the law and an acknowledgement that there are penalties for failing to do so. Despite repeated requests, OnMessage has never produced a copy or provided any details of its policy.
The ad the NRA ran against Tester raises fresh questions about potentially illegal coordination. The gun group paid Starboard almost $400,000 for costs relating to the spot. Meanwhile, the campaign of Tester’s opponent, Matt Rosendale, has already paid OnMessage more than $400,000 this cycle.....
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...in 2018, Club for Growth spent nearly $3m attacking the Democratic senator Claire McCaskill in Missouri, a race that was ultimately won by Hawley, the 41-year-old Yale law graduate with presidential ambitions who has amplified Donald Trump’s baseless lies about election fraud.
That year, it also spent $1.2m to attack the Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who challenged – and then narrowly lost – against Cruz.
Other legislators supported by Club for Growth include Matt Rosendale, who this week called for the resignation of fellow Republican Liz Cheney after she said she would support impeachment of the president, and Lance Gooden, who accused Pelosi of being just as responsible for last week’s riot as Trump.
Dozens of the Republicans supported by Club for Growth voted to challenge the election results even after insurrectionist stormed the Capitol, which led to five deaths, including the murder of a police officer....
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HELENA — Family members and employees of a Billings-based bail bond company facing fines and sanctions by the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance gave nearly $13,000 to Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale’s political campaigns in 2016.
One day after a 2017 face-to-face meeting with company representatives, Rosendale dropped the fines and dismissed two of the three allegations against Friedell LLC. The company paid no penalty under the terms of the agreement.
Kris Hansen, chief legal counsel for the commissioner’s office and a Rosendale political appointee, said in an interview Monday that it was her decision to end the longstanding legal action against the company.
“It was an extremely old and extremely contentious case that needed to end,” Hansen said.
Citing court backlogs, staff attorney time, and legal costs, coupled with the fact that the company was no longer in the bail bonding business, it made sense to reach an agreement with Friedel LLC, Hansen said.
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Group backing Democrat who decries dark money doesn’t disclose its donors
HELENA — A dark money group tied to a Democratic super PAC on Tuesday rolled out its
attacking Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Matt Rosendale.
According to Roll Call, the liberal dark money group Majority Forward is behind th
, which highlights the fact that Rosendale moved to Montana from Maryland and pokes fun at Rosendale’s past claim that he’s a rancher.
Rosendale is challenging two-term incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester in one of the nation’s most hotly contested races. Polls show the race is tight heading into the final weeks of the campaign before the Nov. 6 election, in a state Donald Trump won in 2016 by 20 points.[vid?]
Nonprofit corporations organized under IRS 501(c)(4) tax code are considered “social welfare” groups, and can spend money in political campaigns without having to disclose the sources of their funding. Since their donors are anonymous, the groups are commonly known as “dark money” groups.
In June, a group called Senate Majority PAC announced that it had reserved TV airtime in nine states with competitive Senate races, including Montana. The group’s funders include hedge fund manager and philanthropist Donald Sussman, “Family Guy” creatorSeth MacFarlane, and George Soros, the billionaire investor and liberal political activist.
Senate Majority PAC spokesman Chris Hayden said at the time that the group planned to spend “seven figures” in Montana.
Majority Forward spent $570,000 on the ad that began airing Sept. 25, and the group reserved an additional $708,000 worth of air time in Montana beginning Oct. 2, according to a media analytics report shared with Montana Free Press.
According to a report by the government watchdog group Center for Public Integrity, Senate Majority PAC spokesman Shripal Shah has described Majority Forward as “an allied organization” with “shared office space, shared staff.”
Tester has decried the role of dark money in campaigns, but that has not stopped dark money groups from supporting his Senate campaigns.
In 2012, a group called Montana Hunters and Anglers spent $500,000 in the waning days of the race between Tester and Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg on ads supporting the Libertarian candidate, Dan Cox. Some Republicans credit those ads with pushing Tester over the top in a close race.
While Montana Hunters and Anglers is not a 501(c)(4) dark money group, records showthat its major donors in 2012 included groups that didn’t report their donors.
On Monday, Tester joined Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden in an effort to force a Senate vote on a bill that would undo a recent IRS rule change removing a requirement that 501(c)(4) groups report the sources of their funding to the agency. Until recently, 501(c)(4) groups were required to report their funding sources to the IRS, though those disclosures were not made public. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock sued the federal government to reverse that rule change.
Tester’s critics—including Rosendale’s campaign spokesman, Shane Scanlon—are calling Tester a “hypocrite” for benefitting from support from the very groups he claims to oppose.
“According to Jon Tester, there is not an issue more important to him than putting an end to dark money spending in our elections. The only problem is that at the very same time he’s railing against dark money, he’s also benefiting from it,” Scanlon said in a statement.
Tester’s campaign spokesman, Chris Meagher, dismissed the critique, noting that Tester has no control over whether outside groups spend on his behalf. Meagher also pointed out that Rosendale, while in the Montana Legislature, opposed passage of the 2015 DISCLOSE Act, which increases campaign finance transparency in state elections.
“There’s only one candidate in this race fighting to get dark money out of our elections, and that’s Jon Tester. Matt Rosendale is propped up by dark money and has time and time again sided with their interests and against transparency in our elections,” Meagher said.
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https://montanafreepress.org/daily-beast-audio-reveals-potential-illegal-coordination-between-nra-and-rosendale/
According to an audio recording obtained by the Daily Beast, Republican Montana State Auditor and U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale may have illegally coordinated with a top NRA official prior to the conservative gun rights group spending nearly $400,000 on ads attacking Rosendale’s opponent, Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.
Rosendale’s campaign denies the charges and says the candidate was referring to the pro-gun group’s endorsement in the hotly contested 2018 Senate race.
The Daily Beast reported this morning that Rosendale’s admitted on tape that he talked to Chris Cox, the NRA’s top political strategist for its Institute of Legislative Action. That same group later spent $404,496.35on political ads opposing Tester, according to Federal Elections Commission records.
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Zinke, Rosendale surpass $1M in campaign funds raised ...
https://missoulacurrent.com › government › 2022 › 02 › zinke-rosendale-funds
Both Ryan Zinke, running in the western district, and incumbent Rep. Matt Rosendale, running in the eastern district, have raised more than $1 million for their 2022 campaigns so far, according to reports filed at the close of January.
Zinke and Rosendale each surpass $1M in campaign funds raised
https://www.krtv.com › news › montana-politics › zinke-rosendale-surpass-1m-in-campaign-funds-raised
Zinke - a former U.S. Interior secretary, Montana's U.S. Representative, and one of four Republicans in the race for District 1 - leads all candidates with nearly $1.4 million raised since entering...
Daines, Rosendale: Zinke Confirmed as Interior Secretary ...
https://csimt.gov › news › daines-rosendale-zinke-confirmed-as-interior-secretary
Following Zinke's confirmation Daines spoke on the Senate floor to congratulate the first Montanan to serve in a President's cabinet. Click HERE to download. Matt Rosendale, Montana State Auditor: "Big congratulations to Ryan Zinke on being confirmed as our new Secretary of Interior. It's great to have a fellow Montanan serving in the ...
Ryan Zinke is Running for Office Again in Montana. On ...
Oct 8, 2021Zinke grew up a Montanan and is well-known in his hometown of Whitefish, where his father was a plumber. He was voted senior class president and most likely to succeed at Whitefish High School, and...
US House candidate Zinke files financial disclosure report ...
Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale is also seeking reelection to his seat, which would cover much of eastern Montana starting in 2023. Zinke was elected as Montana's lone U.S. House member in 2014 and reelected in 2016, but resigned in March 2017 to become U.S. Interior secretary under then-President Donald Trump. ADVERTISEMENT
Letter to the editor: Why does Zinke hate eagles ...
As interior secretary of the U.S., Zinke oversaw conserving fish and wildlife. His first action in that capacity was to remove the ban on lead bullets even though 10-20 million animals are killed...
Letter to the editor: Don't believe Zinke on energy ...
While Zinke and Trump were recklessly unleashing energy production on public lands, Western dependence on Russian oil and gas grew. ... Matt Rosendale humiliated our state again by being one of ...
Zinke, Neumann lead primary fundraising in western Montana ...
Zinke has netted around $50,000 from Californians and $112,000 from Texans, while Rosendale has seen around $98,000 from donors in Florida, among other states. Political candidates often make bones of their ability to bring in small-dollar donations, though only Winter and Todd have yet to receive a donation larger than $200.
Montana congressional candidates raising big money from ...
Montana congressional candidates raising big money from out-of-state Zinke, Rosendale have lots of non-Montana donors For the top fundraisers in Montana's two 2022 congressional races, culling...
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