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?
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ALEC Gives Lawmakers Free Data Program Run by Republican Operatives Read the rest of this item here. ALEC’s Numerous Ties to the Capitol Insurrection and “Big Lie” Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Honoree Backed Effort to Overturn Presidential Election, Compared Penn. Gov. to Nazis Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Lawmakers Traveled to D.C. For Rally and March That Led to Fatal Insurrection Read the rest of this item here.
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ALEC Working in Partnership with Turning Point USA, Major Player in Capitol InsurrectionDocuments obtained by CMD show that ALEC forged a new partnership in December with radical pro-Trump group Talking Points USA, a coalition partner in the #StoptheSteal rally that led to the violent invasion at the U.S. Capitol. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC’s Pennsylvania Leaders Lobby to Overturn 2020 Election Results in Last-Minute EffortThe Pennsylvania state chairs of the American Legislative Exchange Council are leading a GOP effort to overturn the state’s presidential election results when Congress convenes in January to certify the Electoral College’s election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Holds Virtual States and National Policy SummitAfter canceling its plans for an in-person meeting, ALEC opened its annual policy summit online yesterday to consider a wide variety of measures to limit governors’ power to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, stop a bailout for hard-hit states, and lock in a nine-member Supreme Court, provide trainings to help its overwhelmingly Republican members run better campaigns. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Board Member Reveals Kansas Partisan Gerrymandering Plan to DonorsALEC board member, Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, pitches political donors on the need for a GOP supermajority to stack congressional districts for the next decade, while ALEC trains members on the art of gerrymandering. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Circulates Sign-On Letter Urging “Swift Confirmation” of Trump’s SCOTUS PickThe American Legislatives Exchange Council is gathering signatures from its legislative members urging U.S. Senators to confirm Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States Amy Coney Barret “as soon as possible.” Read the rest of this item here. ALEC and GOP Push Corporate Immunity From COVID-19 Workplace Illnesses and DeathsALEC joins with other business lobbyists and Senate Republicans to back sweeping immunity for corporations that negligently spread coronavirus to their workers or customers. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC 2020 Annual Meeting Attendees and Sponsors RevealedThe American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) annual meeting continues this week online with workshops on rewriting the U.S. Constitution, reopening schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and school privatization. Read the rest of this item here. |
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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