> ...pesky facts... Estimated budget of Koch network in January 2015: "The political network overseen by the conservative billionaires Charles G. and David H.

> ...pesky facts... Estimated budget of Koch network in January 2015: "The political network overseen by the conservative billionaires Charles G. and David H. Koch plans to spend close to $900 million on the 2016 campaign, an unparalleled effort by coordinated outside groups to shape a presidential election that is already on track to be the most expensive in history." "In 2012, the Kochs’ network spent just under $400 million, an astonishing sum at the time. The $889 million spending goal for 2016 would put it on track to spend nearly as much as the campaigns of each party’s presidential nominee." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/us/politics/kochs-plan-to-spend-900-million-on-2016-campaign.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/us/politics/kochs-plan-to-... Budget was revised downwards in October 2015, likely due to the unpredictable nature of the GOP nomination and the Trump "phenomenon": "Billionaire Republican Charles Koch said the Koch-backed network of political network of donors will spend $750 million on politics over two years, a significant amount less than the nearly $900 million expected." "He chalked it up to people not contributing the way they expected." http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/koch-brothers-spending-2016-charles-david-215039 http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/koch-brothers-spending...