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ALEC ExposedFrom ALEC ExposedJump to:navigation, search Through ALEC, Global Corporations Are Scheming to Rewrite YOUR Rights and Boost THEIR RevenueThrough the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations.In ALEC's own words, corporations have "a VOICE and a VOTE" on specific changes to the law that are then proposed in your state. DO YOU? Numerous resources to help us expose ALEC are provided below. We have also created links to detailed discussions of key issues, which are available on the left. Who Is Behind ALEC?What Is ALEC?Who Funds ALEC?ALEC Corporations Corporations That Have Cut Ties to ALECALEC Politicians (all states) Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALECALEC Non-Profits and Think TanksALEC State ChairsALEC "Scholars"ALEC Boards & Task ForcesALEC's Koch ConnectionCommon Cause Trove of ALEC Task Force Docs Essential ALEC ResourcesUsing Unions to Carry Big Oil's Water: How the Fossil Fuel Industry and ALEC Criminalized Climate Action in WisconsinReport on ALEC "Scholarships"ExposedbyCMD Articles on ALECCMD Fact Sheets on Key TopicsCMD's SourceWatch Resources on ALECThe Nation Special Edition on ALECCommon Cause Trove of ALEC Task Force DocsDBA Press ALEC ArchiveProPublica Database of ALEC Corporations' Election Spending Abolish ALEC (Daily Kos blog) Hot TopicsLobbying and Ethics ComplaintsALEC & NCSL ComparisonDemocracy & VotingPrivatizing EducationRepealing Labor RightsHealth & TobaccoLimiting Environmental Protections Changing Civil & Criminal LawImmigrationCorporate Prisons ALEC's "Model Bills"Worker and Consumer Rights bills here.Analysis here.Tort Reform and Injured Americans bills here.Analysis here.Privatizing Schools and Higher Education bills here.Analysis here.Health, Big Pharma, and Social Welfare bills here.Analysis here.Environment, Energy, and Agriculture bills here.Analysis here.Democracy, Voting, and Federal Relations bills here.Analysis here.Tax & Budget bills here.Analysis here.Guns, Prisons, Crime and Immigration bills here.Analysis here. State ReportsArizona (CMD) Colorado (Common Cause)Florida (Progress Florida/PFAW/CMD/Florida Watch Action/CC) Georgia (Better Georgia)Iowa (Progress Iowa/CMD/PFAW/CC/Progress Now) Louisiana (Common Cause)Maine (Maine's Majority Education Fund)Michigan (Progress Michigan/Michigan Citizen Action/CMD/CC/PFAW)Minnesota (Common Cause)Missouri (Progress Missouri)Nebraska (Bold Nebraska)Nevada (Progress Now Nevada)New Hampshire (Granite State Progress) (supplemental on "Right to Work for Less")New Jersey (PFAW/CMD/CC/Progress Now)Ohio (CMD/Progress Ohio/PFAW/CC)]Pennsylvania (Keystone Progress) and PA Education Report (CMD)Texas (CC/CMD)Utah (PFAW/CC/Alliance for a Better Utah/CMD)Virginia (Progress VA)Wisconsin (Center for Media and Democracy)State Bill Comparisons ALEC NewsALEC Cozies Up with Designated Hate Group Promoting Anti-Abortion Policies The American Legislative Exchange Council provided the Christian Right Family Research Council access to its legislative members for a “Pro-Life Legislative Summit” immediately following its December policy conference in San Diego.Read the rest of this item here.ALEC’s “Critical Energy Theory” Bills Moving in Four States New ALEC and industry-backed bills that would blacklist banks that divest from fossil fuels have been introduced in Indiana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and West Virginia so far this year.Read the rest of this item here.ALEC’s New Push to Protect Corporations from Damage Claims The American Legislative Exchange Council is promoting new model legislation designed to limit awards by juries in injury lawsuits.Read the rest of this item here.ALEC Is Enabling Anti-LGBTQ Hate Right-wing business lobby ALEC is defending hate groups and working to prevent companies from diversifying their staffs and taking liberal stances on social issues.Read the rest of this item here. More ALEC NewsALEC Launches Attack on Banks That Divest From Fossil FuelsAt today’s policy summit of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), state legislative and corporate members unanimously approved a model bill that would penalize companies that stop investing in or financing fossil fuels.Read the rest of this item here.ALEC Forum Promotes Manufactured Controversy Over the Factual Teaching of Racism in K-12 SchoolsAround seventy lawmakers, lobbyists, and researchers gathered yesterday at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s policy summit in San Diego to hear speakers push actions and model legislation in the GOP’s manufactured culture war over the supposed teaching of critical race theory in public schools.Read the rest of this item here.ALEC Leader Indicted for Campaign Finance ConspiracyThe American Legislative Exchange Council kicked off its annual policy summit today with a meeting of its secret working group on election suppression and gerrymandering strategies, and an “Academy” on right-wing plans to rewrite the U.S. Constitution.Read the rest of this item here.ALEC “Academy” Featured a Who’s Who of Voter Suppression LeadersWhile the July 26-28 session was ostensibly led by the dark money group Honest Elections Project, it was organized, hosted, and bankrolled by ALEC, despite repeated claims by its CEO, Lisa Nelson, that the group does not work on voting issues.Read the rest of this item here.ALEC Leader Indicted for Campaign Finance ConspiracyTennessee state Sen. Brian Kelsey, a state chair and national board member of the American Legislative Exchange Council, allegedly used illegal contributions to further his campaign for Congress in 2016.Read the rest of this item here. Join the Conversation! ALEC - The Backroom Where Laws Are BornThis is a glimpse into the world of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded charity that pays for lawmaker trips to resorts where they leave with ready-to-pass bills.Neither ALEC nor the Georgia legislature would show us where the money comes from, or who it goes to. A Charity for Lawmakers? ALEC Legislator Resigns to Become LobbyistRep. Ben Harbin resigned after two decades as a Georgia legislator the same day as 11ALive reporters asked him for an interview about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting where he was found behind closed doors with the top state lobbyist for the cell phone industry.Atlanta's 11Alive follows up on its behind-the-scenes investigation of ALEC.Sign up for news and updates from the Center for Media and Democracy