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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/09/25/nearly-700-alec-lawmakers-have-voted-to-ban-abortion-is-one-of-them-yours/ Nearly 700 ALEC Lawmakers Have Voted to Ban Abortion. Is One of Them Yours?]</h3>
[[Image: ACLU-Nebraska-900x508.jpeg |270 px|center]] In the past year, at least 684 state lawmakers affiliated with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have voted to make it illegal for pregnant people across the country to access the right to an abortion, according to a new analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD).


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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/18/who-funds-alec/ Who Funds ALEC?]</h3>
[[Image: Alec25.jpeg |270 px|center]] ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software.
 
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/17/alec-brings-voter-suppression-activities-out-of-the-dark-and-coddles-fossil-fuel-industry-at-this-weeks-annual-meeting/ ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting]</h3>
[[Image: Alec1.jpeg |270 px|center]] The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more.
 
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/08/21/tobacco-giant-altria-buys-access-to-alec-lawmakers-urges-deregulation/ Tobacco Giant Altria Buys Access to ALEC Lawmakers, Urges Deregulation]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/03/14/alec-legislators-dominate-leadership-positions-in-republican-states/ ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican States]</h3>
[[Image: Marlboro-Joshua-Katt-Unsplash-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] Big tobacco had a big presence at last month’s 50th annual ALEC meeting: tobacco giant Altria bought access for two lobbyists to speak directly to state lawmakers – at least half a dozen of whom serve on their state’s health policy committees – during ALEC task force meetings in Orlando.
[[Image: ALEC-Panel-Annual-Meeting-2024-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] For more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity.


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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/08/11/alec-feeds-lawmakers-a-steady-diet-of-anti-abortion-arguments/ ALEC Feeds Lawmakers a Steady Diet of Anti-Abortion Arguments]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/25/alec-pushes-state-anti-labor-agenda-for-2025/ ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025]</h3>
[[Image: SBA-Gala-900x508.png |270 px|center]] The pamphlets, handbills, and brochures were unanimous: though ending the constitutional right to abortion was a long-awaited victory, there was still plenty of work to be done. That is where ALEC lawmakers could step in.  
[[Image: IStock-1501973077-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions.


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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/08/10/anti-woke-and-fossil-fuel-industry-operatives-dominate-alecs-energy-task-force/ Anti-Woke and Fossil Fuel Industry Operatives Dominate ALEC’s Energy Task Force]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states/ ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States]</h3>
[[Image: Oil_refinery_in_Billings_MT-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] A senior operative in Leonard Leo’s influence network now holds a seat on the Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force of the American Legislative Exchange Council—a task force that is increasingly dominated by anti-woke warriors and leaders in the fossil fuel industry.  
[[Image: 50yearsofharm-rally-900x508.jpg |270 px|center]] “Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.


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ALEC News

Who Funds ALEC?

ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican States

For more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions.

Read the rest of this item here.


ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States

“Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.

Read the rest of this item here.