From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

A new report shows the extent of public employee union funding in Democratic politics as a new lawsuit tries

to overturn Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's landmark union reform Act 10.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We are joined today by my colleagues,

editorial board members Colin Levy and Manet UUquebuwa.

Colin, let's start today with the Journal's editorial.

The headline is Government Unions Love Democrats.

And here's how it opens.

The alliance between Democrats and public unions is a dominant feature of modern politics

and the mutual love is growing. And it is based on how government unions fund politics across the country from the Commonwealth

Foundation. Can you take us through what the report says, what are some of the numbers it raises,

and the argument that its authors are making.

Sure, Kyle. I mean, I think this report is really interesting because it tells us, in essence,

what we already know, but even more so. What we see here is that the amount of money that unions are

spending on politics currently is just groundbreaking. They spent seven hundred

and eight million on politics during the 2021, 2022 election cycle, and the vast, vast majority of that

money is going to Democrats.

Some of it is going to Democrats at the federal level,

but as we've seen in many places over the past year or so,

an inordinate amount of that money

is going to Democrats at the state level,

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