Deason has already informed a handful of congressional Republicans that the "Dallas piggy bank" is closed until he sees more action. He said he was recently approached by congressmen Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Jim Jordan of Ohio about hosting a fundraiser.
"I said, 'No I'm not going to because we're closing the checkbook until you get some things done,'" Deason said, noting he's encouraged nearly two dozen major Texas donors to follow his lead.
While some donors threatened to withhold campaign cash, Koch's team outlined a broader strategy to help shape the debate. Already, Americans For Prosperity claims a paid staff of more than 400 full-time activists in 36 states.
The group is actively lobbying Senate Republicans to change their current healthcare proposal, which it views as insufficiently conservative.
"We are not committed to the Senate bill in its current form, but there is still time to make changes and we're actively working to improve it," Phillips said.
At the same time, Koch's allies are aggressively pushing forward on the taxes. The network is running what it describes as "a first wave" of digital ads calling on more than 50 House and Senate Republicans in both parties to overhaul the nation's tax code.
Tim Phillips -- head of the Koch PAC -- says we are not committed to the bill now, but we are working to change and improve it. Hey, who elected Phillips? How, exactly, is he working to improve senate legislation? Good God, there is no pretenseanymore that the senators actually write their own legislation. They don't even try to hide it -- they say it outright! Proposing legislation? That's what "Americans for Prosperity" is for. Did you know, Trump-voter, that you elected AFP lobbyists to write your new healthcare bill? Why hold elections at all? Save the money, just let the lobbyists hash it out, they do anyway.
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