{"id":13841,"date":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/montana-senate-follows-its-instructions-calls-to-reverse-citizens-united\/"},"modified":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T04:14:00","slug":"montana-senate-follows-its-instructions-calls-to-reverse-citizens-united","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/montana-senate-follows-its-instructions-calls-to-reverse-citizens-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Senate Follows Its Instructions: Calls to Reverse Citizens United"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13841","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":13404}"],"related_issues":[137,2082],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

The Montana Senate has become the first Republican-led chamber in the country to pass a resolution in support of a constitutional amendment that would reverse the Citoyens Unis<\/em> ruling. The r\u00e9solution<\/a>, passed on February 27, is in response to Initiative I-166<\/a>, passed by 75% of Montana voters last November. I-166 instructed Montana's elected officials in Congress and in the legislature to support a constitutional amendment to establish that constitutional rights are for human beings only and to establish a level playing field in campaign spending.<\/p>

While some pundits had questioned whether I-166 would be \"binding\" or merely \"advisory\" the action by the Montana Senate indicates that most senators did indeed feel bound to follow the explicit instructions of their voters.<\/p>

The final vote is ici<\/a>.<\/p>

The following legislators chose to ignore the explicit instructions of their constituents and take a stand that unlimited corporate spending in Montanan is the same thing as free speech:<\/p>

Elsie Arntzen (Billings 406) 534-2780<\/p>

Debby Barrett (Dillon 406) 681-3177<\/p>

Scott Boulanger (Darby 406) 360-1063<\/p>

John Brenden (Scoby (406) 783-8394)<\/p>

Taylor Brown (Huntley (406) 348-2070)<\/p>

Dee Brown (Hungry Horse (406) 387-9393)<\/p>

Jeff Essmann (Billings (406) 534-3345)<\/p>

Verdell Jackson (Kalispell (406) 756-8344)<\/p>

Dave Lewis (Helena (406) 459-9751)<\/p>

Frederick Moore (Miles City (406) 234-3562)<\/p>

Terry Murphy (Cardwell (406) 285-6937)<\/p>

Jim Peterson (Buffalo (406) 374-2277)<\/p>

Jason Priest (Red Lodge (406) 425-0674)<\/p>

Rick Ripley (Wolf Creek (406) 562-3502)<\/p>

Matthew Rosendale (Glendive (406) 687-3549)<\/p>

Jon Sonju (Kalispell (406) 270-7113)<\/p>

Janna Taylor (Dayton (406) 253-8766)<\/p>

Fred Thomas (Stevensville (406)444-4800)<\/p>

Edward Walker (Billings (406) 534-9350)<\/p>

Roger Webb (Billings (406) 861-9322)<\/p>

Art Wittich (Bozeman (406) 599-9836)<\/p>

It will now be up to their constituents to decide if they want to retain representatives who have chosen not to represent their values, or subject them to a recall campaign.<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nMontana Senate Follows Its Instructions: Calls to Reverse Citizens United - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/montana-senate-follows-its-instructions-calls-to-reverse-citizens-united\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Montana Senate Follows Its Instructions: Calls to Reverse Citizens United\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/articles\/montana-senate-follows-its-instructions-calls-to-reverse-citizens-united\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/montana-senate-follows-its-instructions-calls-to-reverse-citizens-united\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/montana-senate-follows-its-instructions-calls-to-reverse-citizens-united\/\",\"name\":\"Montana Senate Follows Its Instructions: Calls to Reverse Citizens United - 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