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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 |
State Reports |
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ALEC News |
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EPIC Fail: Supreme Court Turns Back the Clock to Strip Workers of Power Economists agree that a key variable in the wage stagnation is the inability of the vast majority of American workers to join together to demand higher wages. In a decision penned by Justice Gorsuch, the right-wing majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Epic Systems Corporation v. Lewis that businesses can prohibit their workers from banding together to battle their employers in court in disputes over pay and workplace conditions. Read the rest of this item here. Novartis and Cohen: Two of a Kind Read the rest of this item here. Take the Money and Run: Trump Tax Cuts Boost Earnings of ALEC Corps Which Promptly Layoff Workers Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration Image: Gage Skidmore CC BY_SA 2.0 The Trump administration's treatment of Advance America and the predatory payday loan industry shows how the Trump team's "deconstruction of the administrative state" often pits the low income and working poor against giant companies. Read the rest of this item here. |
More ALEC News |
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ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate SponsorsALEC held its annual Spring Task Force Summit on April 27 at the Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Further education privatization was on the agenda, along with measures to please fossil fuel companies, marijuana companies, and more. Read the rest of this item here. Do the Kochs Look for the Union Label to Turn a Profit?When it comes to making money, the hypocrisy of Charles and David Koch has no limits. They say they are against government subsidies, but they’ve received over $400 million in state, federal and local tax subsidies, loans, and grants. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Legislator of the Week: Homosexuals and Psychopathic Killers "It's a Behavior Thing"In Indiana, Republican Rep. Woody Burton, the chair of the Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Taskforce, who was named the ALEC/FreedomWorks "legislator of the week" in March had this to say at a town hall meeting: "You can't control it sometimes. I understand that. If someone's a psychopathic killer, it's a behavior thing. They can't help it. OK? Somebody's a homosexual, maybe it's a genetic thing. Maybe it's not. They can't help it. But it's still a behavioral thing.” Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in ArizonaA state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature. 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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