…a resolution backed by corporate members UPS and FedEx encouraging Congress to allow twin (double) 33-foot trailers on the road. UPS’s Frank Morris is the “Private Chair” of the Commerce,…
Truckers Run Over Railroads at ALEC
The Koch Brothers’ Freedom Partners Group Spends $115.2 Million in 2017
The billionaire Koch brothers’ primary fundraising vehicle called the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, raised $127.3 million and spent over $115 million in 2017 according to an IRS 990 disclosure…
National Right to Work Committee Mailer Backs Vukmir
The National Right to Work Committee (NRTWC) mailed out a letter in late September to Wisconsin voters praising U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir (R) for her “total opposition to forced…
Reporters Memo: Coke and Pepsi Play Hardball in Attempt to Prevent the Spread of Soda Taxes
…Arizona Retailers Association, Arizona Restaurant Association, Arizona Beverage Association, Arizona Food Marketing Alliance, and Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as the Arizona Association of Food Banks. CMD…
Goldwater Institute’s Influence Apparent in AZ Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Prop. 207
…initiative would have provided $690 million more per year for Arizona’s revenue-starved schools, but the Court sided with the Arizona Chamber of Commerce’s technical challenge to wording in the ballot…
Heavy-Handed Industry Maneuver to Crush Soda and Grocery Taxes Is on Oregon Ballot
…amendment that would not just impact soda taxes but can be read as prohibiting taxes at all stages in the chain of commerce, permanently preventing the state and its cities…
ALEC Launches Effort to Protect Gerrymandering from Judges
…in each chamber, allowing the party to easily pass legislation and override the governor’s vetoes. In Pennsylvania, a dozen Republican lawmakers introduced legislation in March to impeach four Democratic state…
Wisconsin GOP Just Nominated ALEC’s “Iron Lady” to Take on Tammy Baldwin
…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…
ALEC Sets the Table for Gerrymandering, Union Busting, Protecting Fossil Fuels, and Privatizing Schools
…which is why they enjoy broad bipartisan support. The fact that U.S. cars lag behind foreign cars on fuel economy has long disadvantaged U.S. car makers. The Trump administration announced…
‘Law and Order’ Trump Is Soft on Corporate Crime and Wrongdoing
…violations of defrauding the government. Brand’s former employer, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, celebrated the policy memo. Brand resigned shortly after releasing the memo to take the top legal post…
