{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/the-kochs-eclipse-the-rnc", "The Kochs eclipse the RNC", "2014-12-08", "2014", "2014-12", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The Kochs eclipse the RNC\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t By:\u00a0 Mike Allen and Kenneth Vogel \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tMonday, December 8, 2014\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tThe Koch brothers and their allies are pumping tens of millions of dollars into a data company that\u2019s developing detailed, state-of-the-art profiles of 250 million Americans, giving the brothers\u2019 political operation all the earmarks of a national party.\r\nThe move comes as mainstream Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, are trying to reclaim control of the conservative movement from outside groups. The Kochs, however, are continuing to amass all of the campaign tools the Republican National Committee and other party arms use to elect a president.\r\nThe Koch network also has developed in-house expertise in polling, message-testing, fact-checking, advertising, media buying, dial groups and donor maintenance. Add mastery of election law, a corporate-minded aggressiveness and years of patient experimentation \u2014 plus seemingly limitless cash \u2014 and the Koch operation actually exceeds the RNC\u2019s data operation in many important respects.\r\n\u201cThe Koch operations are the most important nonparty political players in the U.S. today, and no one else is even close,\u201d said a top Republican who has been involved in the last eight presidential campaigns.\r\nRead more here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/the-kochs-eclipse-the-rnc"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9806590862572193, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}