…the effort. American Legislative Exchange Council CSG also has ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill mill that unites conservative politicians with big-business lobbyists who develop…
Gorsuch Would Move the Supreme Court in the Wrong Direction on Money in Politics
…be disclosed. Most Americans beg to differ. Almost everyone in America thinks big money in politics is a problem (94 percent) and that it “empowers wealthy special interests over everyday…
Gorsuch Confirmation Process Too Important to Rush
…notice, tactics which, taken together, are more characteristic of authoritarian regimes than democracies. America has never seen this level of chaos in a new presidency in modern times, and the…
GOP Admits ACA Repeal Will Target Mandate Requiring Prenatal Coverage
…state leaders from the American Legislative Exchange Council, an influential conservative advocacy group that brings lawmakers and lobbyists together to form policy solutions. It was obtained by The Intercept and…
Ryan Fundraised with Health Insurance Lobbyists before His PowerPoint
…reform, records show. Attendees of the event paid were asked to pitch in as much as $10,000. Ryan’s American Health Care Act (AHCA), which rolls back most of the revenue-generating…
Pruitt Emails Show Close Ties to the Koch-Funded ALEC
…law should delight in Pruitt’s appointment.” While the corporate-fueled ALEC may be delighted, Americans concerned about the future of America’s lakes, bays, rivers, and more find Pruitt’s close relationship with…
Greenpeace Responds to National Review Piece by Richard Garneau of Resolute Forest Products
…campaigners and researchers have extensively documented, photographed and mapped the forest and worked closely with First Nations in order to better understand the policies that will preserve it. If all…
GOP Lawmakers Duck Town Halls, But Still Make Time to Meet with Campaign Donors
…inflamed by Trump administration policies on immigration and health care, more than 200 GOP lawmakers are skipping them instead. Speaker Paul Ryan’s constituents in Wisconsin asked him for a town…
Paul Ryan Is Fundraising Off Healthcare While Working to Kill It For Millions
…odd phrase, “physicians and dentist industry,” and not just because “physicians” is plural and “dentist” is not. (That’s presumably just a clerical error.) Most Americans think of the provision of…
John Humphries: Schooled by Team Walker, Betsy DeVos and ALEC
…up a weekly call with RGA. Educated by American Majority, Eric O’Keefe’s Candidate Bootcamp Bradley also bankrolls is a little known group called, American Majority, who helped prepare Humphries for…