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Koch Industries have also been active in supporting and opposing politicians, including presidents. During the US 2000 election campaign, Koch Industries spent some $900,000 to support the candidacies of [[United States presidential election, 2000|George W. Bush]] and other Republicans.{{POV-inline|How much to Democrats? At least $100,000, but I didn't find $900,000 to Republicans, so it's probably more.|date=November 2011}}<ref name="mayer"/> It has funded opposition campaigns against programs of the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]] — "from [[Health care reform debate in the United States#Elements of the reform signed in March 2010|health-care reform]] to the economic-stimulus"<ref name="mayer"/>. The Koch Industries website includes an opinion piece from the [[Wall Street Journal]] by [[Charles Koch]], one of the company's owners, "Why Koch Industries is Speaking Out"<ref>[http://webreprints.djreprints.com/2630340769761.pdf Why Koch Industries is Speaking Out] Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2011</ref> The article states:

<blockquote>Because of our activism, we've been vilified by various groups. Despite this criticism, we're determined to keep contributing and standing up for those politicians, like Wisconsin Gov. [[Scott Walker (politician)|Scott Walker]], who are taking these challenges [deficit spending by governments] seriously.</blockquote>

According to the [[Sunlight Foundation]],

<blockquote>The majority of the money contributed by Koch Industries has gone to Republicans. A select few Democrats have also been recipients. These include the most conservative members of the Democratic caucus including Reps. [[Mike Ross]], [[Jim Matheson]], and [[Dan Boren]]. Others are those who support Koch priorities like defeating proposed [[Environmental Protection Agency]] regulations.<ref>[http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/03/21/koch-money/ Koch Money] . Paul Blumenthal . March 21, 2011</ref></blockquote>

==See also==