Even before the Justice Department announced the federal indictment of former President Trump last week, the super PAC for Charles Koch’s political operation, Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action), had…
Federal Covid Relief Funds Fuel Koch-Backed Flat Tax “Revolution”
…taxed under the personal income tax code,” according to ITEP. It’s no surprise, then, that the primary players in the push for flat taxes are Koch’s astroturf lobbying group Americans…
ALEC’s State Ratings Favor Corporate Policy Wish-List Over Quality of Life
…is also the founder of the anti-union, conservative political funding group Club for Growth, and in 2016, he co-founded the Committee to Unleash Prosperity with Arthur Laffer, another right-wing economist…
Koch Spending to Influence Policy and Politics Eclipses Charitable Giving
…to Americans for Prosperity (AFP) in 2021. Groups that are structured as controlled entities of the ST Chamber (such as Capitol Leaders and Believe in People) are also categorized as…
Texas “Death Star” Bill on Track to Decimate Local Worker and Consumer Protections
…Americans for Prosperity (AFP), and Samuel Sheetz, the group’s policy director, both registered in favor of the House bill. So did Jorge Martinez, director of coalitions at another Koch-backed group…
How Koch Cash Is Bankrolling the Effort to Kill Big Tech Reform
…Americans for Prosperity Action Fund. Over his career, Massie has voted in support of the Koch agenda 94% of the time — by Americans for Prosperity’s own calculation — and…
Florida Bills Deliver on DeSantis and ALEC Anti-Union Wish Lists
…Charles Koch’s astroturf group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and State Policy Network (SPN) affiliates the James Madison Institute and the Freedom Foundation. If passed, the bills would empower the state…
Utah State Treasurer Compares ESG Policies to Nazism at Heartland’s Climate Misinformation Fest
…Johnson is a longtime recipient of fossil fuel money who sits on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Koch Industries’ Americans for Prosperity Action super PAC spent $9.7 million…
Koch Funds BlackRock Bashing…While Profiting from Joint Investments
…like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), and The Heritage Foundation, as well as Koch’s astroturf operation Americans for Prosperity (AFP). ALEC has circulated…
Koch Industries Still Rides the Tax Subsidy Gravy Train
…will not put ourselves and our employees at a competitive disadvantage in the current marketplace.” Americans for Prosperity, Charles Koch’s astro-turf advocacy group, lobbies hard against corporate tax breaks for…