“What can Brown do for you?” UPS is one of only nine funders of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual winter meeting listed on its brochure this year.
More Corporations Flee as ALEC Rolls Out Its Legislative Agenda
By Lisa Graves | at
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Facebook Plans to Cut Ties With ALEC
By Brendan Fischer | at
Just one day after Google announced it was cutting ties with the ALEC, Facebook announced that they are “not likely” to renew their ALEC membership next year.
Edelman Makes a Climate Change Pledge, But Forgets About ALEC
By Nick Surgey | at
Edelman, the worlds largest PR company, synonymous with astroturf-style front groups, has announced that it will no longer work for groups that deny climate change.
How ALEC Fronts for Fossil Fuels
By Nick Surgey | at
Even as the Environmental Protection Agency finally attempts to limit carbon dioxide pollution from coal plants, it is meeting resistance at the state level, thanks to a secretive campaign by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
Who Is Behind the National Right to Work Committee and its Anti-Union Crusade?
By Jay Riestenberg and Mary Bottari | at
The Supreme Court is poised to decide is Harris v. Quinn, “the most important labor law case the court has considered in decades.”
Revealed: ALEC’s 2014 Attacks on the Environment
By Nick Surgey | at
An internal tracking document — obtained from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by the Center for Media and Democracy under Texas public records law — reveals the scope of ALEC’s anti-environmental efforts in 2014.
Documents from Open Records Lawsuit Further Undermine Claims that ALEC Is Legislator-Driven
By Brendan Fischer | at
Newly-released ALEC documents obtained as part of CMD”s open records litigation provide more evidence that lobbyists and special interests are calling the shots within ALEC, undermining that group’s latest PR spin that it is a “legislator-driven” organization.
Oil Industry Conjures Illusion of Public Support for KXL Using ALEC Politicians
By Nick Surgey | at
Millions of U.S. citizens have voiced their opposition to the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline in recent months, with more than 2 million public comments opposing the project hand delivered to the State Department last week. At the same time, hundreds of state legislators have been lining up in favor of KXL, seemingly just as passionate and as heartfelt as those opposed to the project. But many legislators have been tasked with promoting the project by oil industry lobbyists who provide them with model bills, talking points and draft op-eds.
Peabody Energy Lobbyist Schools Legislators on Getting More ALEC Travel Perks
By Nick Surgey | at
An internal ALEC document provided to the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), shows that a Peabody Energy lobbyist provided ALEC legislators with a presentation on how to get more cash from corporations like Peabody to attend ALEC conferences. Peabody, a long time member of ALEC, is a frequent presenter at ALEC events and sponsor of several items of ALEC “model” legislation in recent years.
Do ALEC Denials of Bill Tracking Signal an IRS Examination?
By Nick Surgey | at
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has secretly lobbied for the adoption of its corporate-backed bills and tracked them for years, is likely anticipating or actually under an IRS examination, says a former head of the IRS Exempt Organizations division, Marcus Owens. He makes this observation in light of recent claims by ALEC staff that it does not track where its bills are introduced or passed, despite extensive evidence that it has done so for years and bragged about doing so.