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FILE - In this March 6, 2018, file photo, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., flanked by Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., left, and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., arrive with other lawmakers for a procedural vote as the Senate moved to pass legislation that would roll back some of the safeguards Congress put into place after a financial crisis rocked the nation's economy ten years ago at the Capitol in Washington. Tester has repeatedly said the Dodd-Frank regulations led to his state losing many small banks, particularly in rural areas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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AP FACT CHECK: A look at Tester's support of banking bill
March 15, 2018 8:23 p.m.

AP FACT CHECK: A look at Tester's support of banking bill

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Democratic senators who supported the banking bill that recently passed the Senate have come under fire from others in their party for backing changes in rules that were meant to deter a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.