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Conservatives Have A $400 Million Koch Problem

In an analysis of 2011 and 2012 tax filings, The Washington Post and the Center for Responsive Politics found that a coalition of nonprofit groups backed by a donor network organized by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch raised more than $400 million in the last election cycle. Much of the money was distributed to a maze of limited-liability companies affiliated with the nonprofits, which used some of their resources to turn out conservative voters and run ads against President Obama and congressional Democrats.

Read more here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-backed-political-network-built-to-shield-donors-raised-4...

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