Investigating Power
…it drew widespread criticism from big business and conservative think tanks. A joint friend-of-the-court brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court by Charles Koch’s right-wing advocacy group Americans for Prosperity…
…Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) is registered as a “hybrid” PAC with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), which means that it can operate as a traditional PAC by…
…the country. After his appointment on November 30, Masterson wasted no time in denouncing Medicaid expansion on a right-wing radio show. Koch-backed groups like ALEC and Americans for Prosperity (AFP)…
…agenda” with the goal of “enabl[ing] all Americans to live in true freedom.” However, the PAC has sent millions to groups committed to restricting women’s freedom to control their own…
…malpractice cases in Iowa involving severe injury or death. Tyler Raygor, director of Iowa’s American for Prosperity (Iowa AFP), and Drew Klein, director of the group’s Des Moines branch, lobbied…
…to provide Foley mill workers with severance pay and insurance, which the company was already doing. The closing and the governor’s response to it came before the Koch network—specifically, Americans…
…astroturf operation Americans for Prosperity (AFP) received the largest grant — $60 million — followed by its associated super PAC, Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action), which received a grant…
…$887,175 to further its efforts as one of the most aggressive anti-union groups working to get Americans to leave their unions. It once operated only in a couple of western…
…based not on population but on one vote per state in order to grossly underrepresent the majority of Americans. In audio obtained by CMD, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, Republican…
…create an extensive amount of additional work for state agencies and state legislatures, many of which operate part-time, and put health, environmental, workplace, and other regulations that keep Americans safe…
