{"id":5944,"date":"2014-12-23T08:04:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T12:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=5944"},"modified":"2017-10-04T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T18:39:02","slug":"koch-brothers-lame-duck-loss-defeats-dark-money-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2014\/12\/23\/koch-brothers-lame-duck-loss-defeats-dark-money-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Koch Brothers Lame Duck Loss Defeats Dark Money Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/shNXNrUeAv4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>When ultra-liberal talk show host Thom Hartmann suggested that conservative senators are going to \u201cpay back the Koch brothers\u201d by passing legislation promoting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/P21Index.html\">Project 21<\/a> co-chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/bios\/P21Speakers_Cooper.html\">Horace Cooper<\/a> rebutted Hartmann by saying that the allegation of a quid pro quo relationship lacks merit because the Koch\u2019s top priority went unfulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>While the Koch brothers are likely pleased the Keystone XL pipeline will finally get the due consideration it deserves, such long-delayed consideration is a desire shared with other business leaders, organized labor and the American people.\u00a0 Something more exclusive to the Kochs is the production tax credit on wind energy.\u00a0 This credit, which had expired, was recently extended and made retroactive through 2014 as part of congressional action on tax credits.<\/p>\n<p>Horace schooled Hartmann on this during the 12\/17\/14 edition of \u201cThe Big Picture\u201d on the RT network.\u00a0 Horace plainly stated:<\/p>\n<p>If the Koch brothers were getting what they wanted, they have told us what their number-one priority was for the lame duck session \u2013 and that was to end wind energy subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>And, guess what?\u00a0 They did not get ended!<\/p>\n<p>If the Koch brothers owned this man, [Mitch] McConnell, or the rest of the Republicans, wouldn\u2019t they have gotten what they said was their number-one priority?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When ultra-liberal talk show host Thom Hartmann suggested that conservative senators are going to \u201cpay back the Koch brothers\u201d by passing legislation promoting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, Project 21 co-chairman Horace Cooper rebutted Hartmann by saying that the allegation of a quid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,2,69,36],"tags":[77],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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