'Taking your tax dollars and using them against you': House probes public money sent to left-wing groups * WorldNetDaily * by Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal

'Taking your tax dollars and using them against you': House probes public money sent to left-wing groups * WorldNetDaily * by Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal: 

He noted the SEIU contributed $1.6 million to the liberal New Venture Fund and $1.8 million to the liberal grantmaker Tides Foundation. Meanwhile, he noted the AFL-CIO gave $410,000 to New Venture and $100,000 to Tides. "Not only did the SEIU and AFL-CIO send part of members' dues to support leftist causes, but they also benefit from a process known as 'official time,'" O'Neil said. "Federal employees can bill the taxpayer for time they spend not doing their jobs but doing work for the union. This creates yet another stream of taxpayer funds supporting unions that then back leftist causes."