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25 Wisconsin Club For Growth WISCONSIN CLUB FOR GROWTH TOOK IN FUNDS FROM KOCH-CONNECTED DARK MONEY CONDUITS & SHUFFLED MILLIONS TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO INFLUENCE POLICY Wisconsin Club For Growth Described Themselves As A “Pro-Growth” Group Focused On Government Spending, Health Care, Jobs & The Economy, Education, And Taxes. According to Wisconsin Club for Growth, “Wisconsin Club for Growth is a state-wide network of thousands of pro-growth Wisconsinites, from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through economic freedom. […] Wisconsin Club for Growth is focusing on five issues in the coming year: Government Spending[,] Health Care[,] Jobs & the Economy[,] Education[,] Taxes.” [Wisconsin Club for Growth, accessed 3/8/16] Associated Press’s Dana Ferguson: Wisconsin Club For Growth Was Backed By The Koch Brothers. According to an opinion by the Associated Press’s Dana Ferguson in the Wisconsin Gazette, “The Koch brothers-backed Wisconsin Club for Growth and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce have spent an estimated $8.3 million to elect right-wing justices in Wisconsin, giving conservatives and supporters of Gov. Scott Walker’s agenda a majority on the bench.” [Wisconsin Gazette, 4/3/15] • In 2011, Wisconsin Club For Growth Received $225,000 From The Koch-Linked Center To Protect Patient Rights. According to its 2011 Form 990 filing with the IRS, Center to Protect Patient Rights donated $225,000 to Wisconsin Club for Growth. [Center to Protect Patient Rights IRS Form 990, 2011] • The Wellspring Committee Donated $400,000 To Wisconsin Club For Growth In 2011. According to the Shepherd Express, “The Wellspring Committee: National Public Radio and the Center for Responsive Politics recently investigated this dark-money group run by Ann Corkery, which mixes conservative politics and religion. It’s funded right-wing groups such as Americans for Prosperity, the Faith and Freedom Coalition and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce. In 2011, the group sent $400,000 to Wisconsin Club for Growth.” [Shepherd Express, 11/13/13] In 2011, Wisconsin Club For Growth “Took In Funds From Some Of The Top Republican Donors And Koch- Connected Dark Money Conduits In The Country, And In Turn Shuffled Millions To Other Organizations.” According to the Center for Media and Democracy, “Although the group does not disclose its donors, information that can be gathered from tax filings shows that Wisconsin Club for Growth group took in funds from some of the top Republican donors and Koch-connected dark money conduits in the country, and in turn shuffled millions to other organizations that spent money on ads in 2011 and 2012, all while keeping Wisconsin voters in the dark about the true source of the funds.” [Center for Media and Democracy, 11/18/13] CITIZENS FOR A STRONG AMERICA & WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE Wisconsin Club For Growth “Effectively Provided The Entire Operating Budget For ‘Citizens For A Strong America’” In 2011. According to the Center for Media and Democracy, “In 2011, Wisconsin Club for Growth effectively provided the entire operating budget for ‘Citizens for a Strong America,’ a mysterious group that was also active in Wisconsin's 2011 and 2012 elections. Club for Growth gave an astounding $4,620,000 to the group in 2011.” [Center for Media and Democracy, 11/18/13] Citizens For A Strong America “Spent Millions” To Influence Wisconsin Elections. According to the Center for Media and Democracy, “Citizens for a Strong America spent millions on ads influencing Wisconsin elections and also funneled money to other groups, which in turn spent the money on political activity in the state.” [Center for Media and Democracy, 11/18/13] Citizens For A Strong America Was One Of The Top Spenders In The 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court Race. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizens for a Strong America spent $836,090 on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court
election through Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Other top groups spent between $53,200 and $1,365,340. [Brennan Center for Justice, 4/5/11] Citizens For A Strong America Provided Over 90 Percent Of Wisconsin Family Action’s 2011 Grants, Most Of Which They Then Spent On Wisconsin Elections. According to the Center for Media and Democracy, “Citizens for a Strong America, which was bankrolled almost entirely by Wisconsin Club for Growth cash, in turn funneled $916,045 to Wisconsin Family Action in 2011, which was over 90 percent of the $1,009,616 in grants that the anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage group received that year. The group spent an estimated $850,000 on the Senate recall campaigns that year, and an additional undisclosed amount on the Prosser-Kloppenburg race.” [Center for Media and Democracy, 11/18/13] • Wisconsin Family Action Was Subpoenaed In The John Doe Investigation. According to the Wall Street Journal, “In recent weeks, special prosecutor Francis Schmitz has hit dozens of conservative groups with subpoenas demanding documents related to the 2011 and 2012 campaigns to recall Governor Walker and state legislative leaders. Copies of two subpoenas we've seen demand ‘all memoranda, email . . . correspondence, and communications’ both internally and between the subpoena target and some 29 conservative groups, including Wisconsin and national nonprofits, political vendors and party committees. The groups include the League of American Voters, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Americans for Prosperity—Wisconsin, American Crossroads, the Republican Governors Association, Friends of Scott Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin.” [Wall Street Journal, 11/18/13] Citizens For A Strong America Gave Almost $350,000 To Wisconsin Right To Life Which Was 14 Percent Of The Latter’s Revenue. According to the Capital Times, “Citizens for a Strong America then directed a large portion of that money to socially conservative organizations. Most notably, it gave $916,000 to Wisconsin Family Action, a group that stridently opposes gay marriage and abortion, and $347,582 to the anti-abortion Wisconsin Right to Life. Those contributions accounted for more than 90 percent of Family Action's revenue that year and roughly 14 percent of the revenue for Wisconsin Right to Life.” [The Capital Times, 1/15/14] • Wisconsin Right To Life “Enabled Its Political Action Committee Arm” To Support Walker In The Recall Election. According to RH Reality Check, “In less than three weeks, a monumental election will be held in Wisconsin, where for the first time the governor could potentially be recalled and replaced before his official term in office is ended. But anti-choice activists in the state are determined that doesn’t happen. To defend Republican Governor Scott Walker, anti-choice group Wisconsin Right for Life has enabled its political action committee arm, dedicating web pages, videos and candidate bios on behalf of Walker’s candidacy.” [RH Reality Check, 5/18/12] • Wisconsin Right To Life Email: Scott Walker’s Recall Success And Election Of GOP Majorities In State A “Silver Lining” In The 2012 Elections. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Abortion opponents were disappointed by President Barack Obama's reelection and the ability of Democrats to retain control of the U.S. Senate. But Wisconsin Right to Life noted in an email to supporters that the election also put all of Wisconsin's state government in the hands of Republicans. ‘The silver lining in the November 6 elections is that Wisconsin has a rightto-life governor, Scott Walker, and strong right-to-life majorities in both houses of the Legislature!’ the group's email newsletter said.” [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/24/12] • Wisconsin Right To Life Hoped To Further Wisconsin’s Abortion Restrictions. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “The state's largest anti-abortion group sees opportunities to place further regulations on abortion, including requiring women seeking the procedure to view an ultrasound of her fetus. Wisconsin Right to Life is also proposing banning abortions that would cause pain to the fetus, barring abortions that are sought based on the sex of the fetus and prohibiting the ability of state employees to use their state health care plans to access abortions.” [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/24/12] WISCONSIN CLUB FOR GROWTH WAS LED BY PROMINENT KOCH OPERATIVE ERIC O’KEEFE Eric O’Keefe Headed The Wisconsin Club For Growth. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Mr. O’Keefe ran many of his issue-oriented campaigns from his adopted home of Wisconsin (he was born in Michigan), where he heads the Wisconsin 26
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