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. |
Who Is Behind ALEC? |
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| What Is ALEC?
ALEC Politicians (all states) |
Hot Topics |
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| Lobbying and Ethics Complaints |
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ALEC News |
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ALEC’s New Union-Busting Toolkit Illustrates the Goal Is to Bankrupt Unions Not Protect Workers Read the rest of this item here. Broad Coalition Calls on Corporations to Drop Funding for ALEC Over Horowitz Speeches Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Union Busting Proposal Defeated in Michigan Lame Duck Read the rest of this item here. Michigan GOP Defies Voters, Rams ALEC, Koch Priorities Through Lame-Duck Session Read the rest of this item here. |
More ALEC News |
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AT&T Drops ALEC for Hosting Hate SpeechAT&T joins Verizon in rush to the exit after ALEC featured a far-right speaker at its annual meeting. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Embraces Trumpism, Climate Catastrophe, and School Privatization at Policy SummitALEC state legislators, lobbyists, and Koch operatives return to Washington, D.C. for ALEC’s States & Nation Policy Summit to promote an agenda only fossil fuel companies could love. Read the rest of this item here. Verizon Dumps ALEC, Denounces Speaker as RacistVerizon has decided to quit the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) following a public outcry over the corporate lobby group’s hosting of David Horowitz as a prominent speaker at its annual meeting in New Orleans in August. Read the rest of this item here. Broad Coalition Calls on Corporations to Drop Funding for ALEC Over Horowitz SpeechesThe Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has joined a coalition of 78 government reform, civil rights, labor, environmental, and advocacy organizations urging 20 of the largest corporate funders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to cut ties with the corporate bill mill. Read the rest of this item here. “Nonpartisan” ALEC Will Celebrate 45th Gala with GOP Stars and Lobbyists at Trump HotelInvitations have gone out for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s 45th Gala on September 26, 2018 at the Trump International Hotel, just blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and the event chairs and committee members are a who’s who of prominent Republicans, big polluters, lobbyists, and union busters. Read the rest of this item here. Wisconsin GOP Just Nominated ALEC’s “Iron Lady” to Take on Tammy BaldwinKoch loyalist and Wisconsin State Senator Leah Vukmir won the Wisconsin GOP primary for U.S. Senate by a whopping 50-42 percent, beating veteran, “Send in a Marine,” Kevin Nicholson who vastly outspent her. Vukmir will be taking on the Kochs’ top target, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, in the fall. Read the rest of this item here. |
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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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