ALEC Exposed
Through ALEC, Global Corporations Are Scheming to Rewrite YOUR Rights and Boost THEIR Revenue |
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| Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations.
In ALEC's own words, corporations have "a VOICE and a VOTE" on specific changes to the law that are then proposed in your state. DO YOU? Numerous resources to help us expose ALEC are provided below. We have also created links to detailed discussions of key issues, which are available on the left. |
#50YearsofHarm |
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Undermining Workers’ Rights and Worker Organizing Voter Suppression, Gerrymandering, and Other Anti-Democratic Activism |
Who Is Behind ALEC? |
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| What Is ALEC?
ALEC Politicians (all states) |
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ALEC News |
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“Nonpartisan” ALEC Teams Up with Run GenZ to Recruit and Train Young Republican Candidates for State and Local Office Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Policy Summit Features Push to Legally Force a Constitutional Convention Read the rest of this item here. ALEC’s Stand Your Ground Laws Have Created a Deadly Culture of Shoot-First Vigilantism Read the rest of this item here. Lawmakers à la Carte: How ALEC Sells Access to State Legislators Read the rest of this item here. |
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Progressive Groups Protest ALEC’s “50 Years of Harm”A coalition of progressive groups gathered in front of the National Portrait Gallery yesterday to protest the 50th anniversary celebrations of the American Legislative Exchange Council and draw attention to its “#50YearsofHarm.” Read the rest of this item here. Parent Company of Taco Bell & KFC Pivots to Funding Right-Wing CausesThe fast food giant Yum! Brands has reversed its 2012 decision to stop funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and started paying annual dues to an association of right-wing attorneys general, according to its most recent voluntary financial disclosure. Read the rest of this item here. After 50 Years, This Right-Wing Law Factory Is Crazier Than EverThe American Legislative Exchange Council is where corporations and far-right groups go to buy government policy. Read the rest of this item here. Software Giant Oracle Joins American Legislative Exchange CouncilOracle, the fifth largest tech company in the U.S., has voluntarily disclosed that it has joined the American Legislative Exchange Council. Read the rest of this item here. Nearly 700 ALEC Lawmakers Have Voted to Ban Abortion. Is One of Them Yours?In the past year, at least 684 state lawmakers affiliated with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have voted to make it illegal for pregnant people across the country to access the right to an abortion, according to a new analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). Read the rest of this item here. |
Who is ALEC? |
ALEC at the Secretive Council for National Policy, May 21, 2021 |
| ALEC was given the platform to present two panels at the Christian Right Council for National Policy's May 2021 meeting where it laid out its top priorities. In the two videos obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, ALEC CEO Lisa Nelson and national chairs speak candidly on ALEC priorities in "Can the States Save America?" and "Saving America Through the States." |
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ALEC - The Backroom Where Laws Are Born |
| This is a glimpse into the world of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded charity that pays for lawmaker trips to resorts where they leave with ready-to-pass bills.
Neither ALEC nor the Georgia legislature would show us where the money comes from, or who it goes to. |
A Charity for Lawmakers? ALEC Legislator Resigns to Become Lobbyist |
| Rep. Ben Harbin resigned after two decades as a Georgia legislator the same day as 11ALive reporters asked him for an interview about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting where he was found behind closed doors with the top state lobbyist for the cell phone industry.
Atlanta's 11Alive follows up on its behind-the-scenes investigation of ALEC. |
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