The National Federation of Independent Business is one of the most influential small-business advocacy groups in the country. They battle against government regulation, higher taxes and, perhaps most famously, Obamacare. And they do it all as the self-described "voice of small business." But it turns out that the champions of Main Street America got more money last year from a group backed by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch than any other single source. NFIB and its affiliated groups received $2.5 million from Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a conservative advocacy group with deep ties to the Koch empire. Of the five men that sit on the group's board, four are current or former employees of Koch companies and one is a friend of Charles Koch's.
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National Federation of Independent Business advocates for small business
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However, it got $2.5 million from a group backed by the industrialist Koch Brothers
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Lisa Gilbert of Public Citizen: NFIB is "taking the name of small business in vain"
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NFIB spokeswoman: Bulk of group's $86 million revenue comes from 350,000 members
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