House Republicans Follow Orders And Advance Corrupt Bill To Protect The Koch Brothers

[UCmeNdc]

House Republicans have followed orders given to them by the Koch brothers and advanced a bill that would keep Koch political contributions a secret.

House Ways and Means Republicans did what they were told, and advanced the bill on a 22-15 party line vote.

The Koch Industries letter is a perfect example of the sort of corruption that has been caused by Citizens United. The Koch Industries letter is a message from the Koch brothers telling the House Republicans that they bought and paid for with dark money contributions how to vote.

House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Rep. Carl Levin (D-MI) said during his opening statement on the markup of the bill, “The Republicans have thus far prevented the IRS from issuing regulations on political spending by 501(c)(4) organizations. It is no secret as to why they are working to keep donors a secret – the three largest spenders from 2012 – representing fully 51% of the total – include Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS spent $71 million; Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers, spent $36 million; and the American Future Fund, also the Koch brothers, spent $25 million. What this bill does, to put it simply, is to solidify the secrecy around the role of big money in campaigns.”

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/28/house-republicans-follow-orders-advance-corrupt-bill-protect-koch-brothers.html

[2naSalit]

1. They know where their secret $$

money comes from.

[bbgrunt]

2. I'm beginning to wonder what they're getting for

all that money. Being oligarchs of a sewer can't be worth all that and there's not much more to squeeze out....unless they have cornered the futures market on soylent green.

[Scuba]

3. "If ...

"If the Democratic Party would fight as hard for the Working Class as the Republican Party fights for the Ruling Class, the Republicans would be a powerless minority party within a few election cycles.

The Democratic Party knows this, the Republican Party knows this, the Ruling Class knows this- and they've been astonishingly successful at making sure the Working Class never learns this. ~ Anonymous

[pampango]

4. "... advanced the bill on a 22-15 party line vote."

And that party was not the Democratic Party.