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ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit
ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee December 6-8
Fake News Machine Ready to Defend Trump White House Against Robert Mueller
Fake news has been weaponized as never before.
Jeff Sessions’ Incredible Shrinking Russia Denial
The most heated exchanges during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week concerned his ever-shifting explanation of what he discussed—or didn’t discuss—with Russian officials while serving as Donald Trump’s “go-to person” on foreign policy during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Koch Troops Queasy About Killing State and Local Tax Deduction to Fund Tax Breaks for the Rich
Koch-funded groups are split on a key issue in the tax debate.
Koch Demands Corporate Welfare From One of America’s Poorest Cities
The Koch Brothers talk a good game against “corporate welfare,” but have received some $363 million in taxpayer subsidies.
ALEC’s Corporate Sponsors Top Nation’s Lawbreaker List
Fourteen of the pay-to-play group’s biggest corporate funders are among the 100 worst federal violators since 2000.
This Group Helps Lobbyists Influence Public Officials. The Trump Hotel Is Hosting Its 2018 Gala.
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a controversial group that brings corporate lobbyists together with state legislators to formulate business- and Republican-friendly policies, will host its 45th anniversary gala at the Trump International Hotel next year.
The Most Important Legislation of My Lifetime
Representative John Conyers and Senator Bernie Sanders have introduced the most important legislation–single payer healthcare.
Cleaning Up the Courts, Citizen Hearings at Three Locations in Wisconsin
Judges petitioned the state’s highest court for new recusal rules, they refused to even have a public hearing. Now citizens are having their own hearings.