…Power Company – $80,000 Tampa Electric Company – $75,000 Powersouth Energy Cooperative – $30,000 Outside Group Funding to “Consumers for Smart Solar”: National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) – $50,000…
Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Your State This Year
In a year with unprecedented rightwing dominance in state legislative chambers, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has continued to wreak havoc in states across the country–despite an ongoing exodus…
More Corporations Flee as ALEC Rolls Out Its Legislative Agenda
…when it was founded. ALEC was created in 1974 after U.S. Chamber of Commerce lawyer Lewis Powell called for corporations to fund a new infrastructure to push the corporate agenda…
The State Policy Network’s Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco
…Public Policy Americans for Tax Reform The Independent Institute Americans for Prosperity Foundation MP Plumbing Co. American Enterprise Institute Campaign Marketing Strategies U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Center…
State Policy Network: The Stealth Network Dramatically Influencing State Law
…hearing your thoughts…soon (and again, this is off the record – ok?)” Based on these email exchanges and other evidence, U.S. Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI) asked the IRS to investigate…
SPN: Right-Wing Stink Tanks Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States
…1960s led to the Clean Air Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and other progressive consumer and environmental reforms, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s chief lawyer, Lewis Powell,…
Big Oil and the U.S. Chamber Fight to Keep Foreign Bribery Flourishing
…officials. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is also pushing for a radical rollback of a 35 year old anti-bribery statute that has been tripping up U.S. companies abroad. New SEC…