Investigating Power
…corporate governance process.” However, facts refute this. An April 2023 poll conducted by the Pew Research Center found that almost “seven-in-ten Americans (69%) favor the U.S. taking steps to become…
…“because of our intersection of business and legislators, we kind of stick to the fiscal issues.” Nelson tried to outsource ALEC’s agenda to make it harder for Americans to vote…
…stories about alleged disclosure-induced threats and harassment,” according Erin Chlopak, senior director of campaign finance at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center. Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Koch-funded Institute for…
…shelter nonprofits from political spending disclosure rules and even immunize dark money groups from campaign finance investigations. For years right-wing operatives including ALEC, the State Policy Network (SPN), and Americans…
…include a blanket prohibition on automatic dues deduction for public sector unions more broadly. The Koch brothers’ astroturf operation Americans for Prosperity and the rabidly anti-union Opportunity Solutions Project also…
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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
