Rubio the #1 Recipient of Koch Money in 2010 Senate Races

[flpoljunkie]

Rubio the No. 1 recipient of Koch money in 2010 Senate races

By Kyle Daly
03.14.11

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has made no secret of his pro-business agenda since taking office in January. It comes as little surprise, then, that his 2010 campaign was backed largely by industries he now supports.

Data obtained by the Center for Responsive Politics from the Federal Elections Commission shows that Rubio was the largest recipient of Koch Industries campaign money for U.S. Senate races in 2010. He also received more money than anyone running for national office outside of Kansas, where Koch Industries is headquartered. Florida is home to a major Georgia-Pacific paper mill (Georgia-Pacific is a subsidiary of Koch Industries) that has been at the center of a major battle between Koch industries and environmental regulators.

Many of Rubio’s other campaign donors have connections to the Koch brothers. Some are more closely affiliated with the Kochs than others, but all those with ties are plugged into the national network of business leaders and anti-tax and anti-regulation advocates that Charles and David Koch have endeavored to build through conferences and think tanks.

The largest single contributor to Rubio’s campaign by far was the economic libertarian organization Club for Growth, whose members gave $346,450. Club for Growth has had ties to the Kochs since its founding in 1999. One of the group’s directors, Howard Rich, is also a director of the Cato Institute, a think tank that Charles Koch provided the initial funding for and on whose board of directors David Koch now sits.

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[Frustratedlady]

1. Be sure to read the entire article closely.

The Kochs are so interwoven in and out of organizations, think tanks, judges, political groups and they are like a blanket over our country. We'll never unravel them from the corruption and influence they have over our government. This gets scarier every day.

[Agent William]

2. Oh shit why do I have that sinking feeling that he will be president in 2017..

This only goes to deepen that sickly feeling.