Tag: Koch brothers

Polling shows Joe Donnelly would lose to a Republican opponent 45 to 51 points. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Americans for Prosperity to pressure red-state Democrats on taxes with ad campaign

Joseph Lawler · October 5, 2017 10:00 am

As a journalist, it's always painful to see corrections published. When a story requires two corrections, it's humiliating. When it requires three, people have a right to ask what's wrong with you. Enter a recent article about Puerto Rico on Politico. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

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Politico with the mother of all corrections this week

Becket Adams · October 4, 2017 6:49 pm

The Club for Growth spoke favorably of a possible Blackburn Senate candidacy on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Conservatives coalescing behind Marsha Blackburn in race for Bob Corker’s Tennessee Senate seat

David M. Drucker · October 3, 2017 4:01 am

On Thursday, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent a fundraising email from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that promoted his single-payer legislation. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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DSCC fundraises off Bernie Sanders’ single-payer bill

Emily Jashinsky · September 29, 2017 9:58 pm

Free speech transcends party lines. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP, File)

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The smearing of a free speech survey funded, but not altered, by Charles Koch does no good

Liz Wolfe · September 26, 2017 4:02 pm

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (pictured) staked out the position that full expensing should be part of the tax package. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady also have long advocated it, on the idea that it would spur business investment, the key to economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Battle lines drawn over $2.2 trillion corporate tax break

Joseph Lawler · September 22, 2017 4:01 am

Freedom Partners is launching ads asking House Republicans to oppose border adjustment and red-state Senate Democrats to support the group's preferred method of tax reform. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Koch groups: Bold tax cuts would raise revenue

Joseph Lawler · July 20, 2017 12:00 pm

Freedom Partners is launching ads asking House Republicans to oppose border adjustment and red-state Senate Democrats to support the group's preferred method of tax reform. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Freedom Partners pushes Republicans to drop border adjustment, red-state Democrats to back tax reform

Joseph Lawler · July 13, 2017 9:00 am

Lawmakers attending the Kochs' conference say the border adjusted tax is already dead in Congress. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Steve Forbes: Border adjusted tax amounts to ‘tax breaks for terrorists’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 26, 2017 5:03 pm

"This is an attempt to try to bring us to consensus on the major items," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, the second-ranking GOP senator said after a Tuesday meeting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cornyn on healthcare vote: ‘We need to do it this week’

Al Weaver · June 26, 2017 4:24 pm

Gov. Ducey said he sees his state's educational progress as a major factor in improving the economy and access to jobs for people. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey: Charter schools educating 16 percent of his state’s students

Pete Kasperowicz · June 26, 2017 3:18 pm

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell smiles as he leaves the chamber after announcing the release of the Republicans' healthcare bill which represents the party's long-awaited attempt to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. The measure represents the Senate GOP's effort to achieve a top tier priority for President Donald Trump and virtually all Republican members of Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Weekend wrap: Healthcare push looms large before Fourth of July recess

Kyle Feldscher · June 26, 2017 1:22 am