The Conservative Group Behind Scott Walker's Political Rise
The Bradley Foundation has been in lock-step with the Wisconsin governor on anti-union legislation.
Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin, speaks during the Iowa Freedom Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015.
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When Wisconsin Democrats failed this month to block anti-union legislation supported by Governor Scott Walker, one name kept coming up: the Bradley Foundation.
The Republican governor’s opponents wanted to know whether the Milwaukee group helped draft the bill or coached those who testified for it. Their suspicions were rooted in the fact that Michael Grebe, one of Walker’s closest advisers, leads the powerful yet mostly inconspicuous voice for American conservatism. Diane Hendricks, a billionaire roofing-supply executive who is Walker’s top individual donor, is on its board.