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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/12/07/alec-hires-former-koch-staffer-lead-energy-task-force/ ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force]</h3>
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The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups -- Americans for Prosperity and the Charles Koch Institute -- to lead its Energy, Environment and Agriculture (EEA) task force, a position that has been left vacant since July.
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/07/top-leonard-leo-lieutenant-leads-alec-bootcamp-against-woke-capitalism/ Top Leonard Leo Lieutenant Leads ALEC Bootcamp Against “Woke” Capitalism]</h3>
On December 5, right-wing culture warriors instructed lawmakers attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., on the steps their states can take to upend policies and practices designed to help address the unfolding climate emergency and diversify workforces.


Funded by numerous fossil-fuel companies, ALEC and its EEA task force has a long history of passing "model bills" undermining environmental protections and opposing policies to combat climate change. The task force is made up of numerous corporate lobbyists and their trade groups that stand to benefit from measures weakening environmental protections.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/07/top-leonard-leo-lieutenant-leads-alec-bootcamp-against-woke-capitalism/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/04/alec-maps-out-right-wing-legislative-agenda-for-2025-in-dc/ ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in DC]</h3>
ALEC state politicians, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives are gathering at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington to discuss and vote on model policies and resolutions to further climate delayism and preserve the use of fossil fuels, alter state election codes, protect purveyors of misinformation, privatize education, and push their extremist agenda in other ways.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/12/07/alec-hires-former-koch-staffer-lead-energy-task-force/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/04/alec-maps-out-right-wing-legislative-agenda-for-2025-in-dc/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/10/22/alecs-corporate-sponsors-top-nations-lawbreaker-list/ ALEC's Corporate Sponsors Top Nation's Lawbreaker List]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/09/23/an-ex-con-promoted-campaign-software-at-alecs-annual-meeting/ An Ex-Con Promoted Campaign Software at ALEC’s Annual Meeting]</h3>
Just before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting in July, a former Oklahoma legislator and convicted felon reached out to ALEC state chairs to market a campaign data management platform favored by the Republican National Committee (RNC).


The [https://www.ALECexposed.org American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) has earned a reputation as a leading corporate influence group in recent years, with corporate lobbyists and legislators voting as equals in secret on scores of corporate bills to deregulate everything from the power and telecom industries to drug prices and health care.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/09/23/an-ex-con-promoted-campaign-software-at-alecs-annual-meeting/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/08/28/eight-states-will-vote-on-amendments-to-ban-noncitizen-voting-in-november/ Eight States Will Vote on Amendments to Ban Noncitizen Voting in November]</h3>
Americans for Citizens Voting is partnering with ALEC to pass noncitizen amendments in at least 11 more states.  


Well, it's no wonder. New research by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) shows that the pay-to-play lobby group’s biggest [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations corporate funders] are also among the nation's biggest violators of the health, safety, consumer, worker, and environmental protection laws ALEC seeks to dismantle.  
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/08/28/eight-states-will-vote-on-amendments-to-ban-noncitizen-voting-in-november/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/07/24/alec-moves-a-partisan-and-corporate-agenda-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting-in-denver/ ALEC Moves a Partisan and Corporate Agenda at This Week’s Annual Meeting in Denver]</h3>
American Legislative Exchange Council state lawmakers, right-wing operatives, and corporate lobbyists are descending on Denver this week for the pay-to-play group’s 51st Annual Meeting to hear presentations and vote on model policies and resolutions that impact the environment, education, elections, fundamental human rights, and more.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/10/22/alecs-corporate-sponsors-top-nations-lawbreaker-list/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/07/24/alec-moves-a-partisan-and-corporate-agenda-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting-in-denver/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/02/koch-troops-queasy-about-killing-state-and-local-tax-deduction-to-fund-tax-breaks-for-the-rich/ Koch Troops Queasy About Killing State and Local Tax Deduction to Fund Tax Breaks for the Rich]</h3>
The Koch brothers and their network of billionaire political spenders have made their marching orders to Republicans in Congress clear this year—kill the Affordable Care Act and pass sweeping new tax breaks for corporations and the top 1% or don’t come looking to us to bankroll your 2018 campaigns.
But in order to execute those orders, lawmakers may have to pay a steep political price by eliminating health benefits and tax breaks that benefit millions of middle income voters as well as state and local governments.
The Trump tax plan is already taking a pounding as a gift to the super rich and to [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/28/9-ways-trumps-tax-plan-is-a-gift-to-the-rich-including-himself/?utm_term=.e8915dd8f7d9 Trump himself]. The elimination of a popular tax deduction throws salt into the wound.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/02/koch-troops-queasy-about-killing-state-and-local-tax-deduction-to-fund-tax-breaks-for-the-rich/ here].
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More ALEC News


Top Leonard Leo Lieutenant Leads ALEC Bootcamp Against “Woke” Capitalism

On December 5, right-wing culture warriors instructed lawmakers attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., on the steps their states can take to upend policies and practices designed to help address the unfolding climate emergency and diversify workforces.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in DC

ALEC state politicians, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives are gathering at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington to discuss and vote on model policies and resolutions to further climate delayism and preserve the use of fossil fuels, alter state election codes, protect purveyors of misinformation, privatize education, and push their extremist agenda in other ways.

Read the rest of this item here.


An Ex-Con Promoted Campaign Software at ALEC’s Annual Meeting

Just before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting in July, a former Oklahoma legislator and convicted felon reached out to ALEC state chairs to market a campaign data management platform favored by the Republican National Committee (RNC).

Read the rest of this item here.


Eight States Will Vote on Amendments to Ban Noncitizen Voting in November

Americans for Citizens Voting is partnering with ALEC to pass noncitizen amendments in at least 11 more states.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Moves a Partisan and Corporate Agenda at This Week’s Annual Meeting in Denver

American Legislative Exchange Council state lawmakers, right-wing operatives, and corporate lobbyists are descending on Denver this week for the pay-to-play group’s 51st Annual Meeting to hear presentations and vote on model policies and resolutions that impact the environment, education, elections, fundamental human rights, and more.

Read the rest of this item here.