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<h2 style="margin:3px; background:#CC0000; font-size:140%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #CC0000; text-align: left; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">CMD Special Report Series</h2>
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<h3>Dirty Hands: 77 ALEC Bills in 2013 Advance a Big Oil, Big Ag Agenda</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/01/31/alec-member-strikes-a-blow-against-rule-requiring-union-labor-on-federal-construction-projects/ ALEC Member Strikes a Blow Against Rule Requiring Union Labor on Federal Construction Projects]</h3>
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Contractors engaged in large federal construction projects can’t be required to enter collective bargaining agreements with building trade unions, a federal claims court ruled last week.  
At least 77 bills to oppose renewable energy standards, support fracking and the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, and otherwise undermine environmental laws were introduced in 34 states in 2013, according to a new analysis from the Center for Media and Democracy, publishers of [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed ALECexposed.org]. In addition, nine states have been inspired by ALEC's "Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act" to crack down on videographers documenting abuses on factory farms.
For decades, ALEC has been a favored conduit for some of the worlds largest polluters, like Koch Industries, BP, Shell, Chevron, and Exxon Mobil, and for decades has promoted less environmental regulation and more drilling and fracking.  


See the full report and chart of ALEC wage suppression bills [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12193 here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/01/31/alec-member-strikes-a-blow-against-rule-requiring-union-labor-on-federal-construction-projects/ here].
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<h3>Just How Low Can Your Salary Go?: 117 ALEC Bills in 2013 Fuel Race to the Bottom in Wages and Worker Rights</h3>
 
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<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>
At least 117 bills introduced in 2013 fuel a "race to the bottom" in wages, benefits, and worker rights and resemble "model" bills from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), according to a new analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), publishers of [http://ALECexposed.org/ ALECexposed.org].
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.
 
See the full report and chart of ALEC wage suppression bills [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12184/just-how-low-can-your-salary-go-117-alec-bills-2013-fuel-race-bottom-wages-and-wo here].
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>Cashing in on Kids: 139 ALEC Bills in 2013 Promote a Private, For-Profit Education Model</h3>
<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>
[[Image:ALEC_Cash4Kids_plain200px.jpg‎|200px|left]]
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.
Despite widespread public opposition to the education privatization agenda, [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_2013_Bills at least 139 bills or state budget provisions reflecting American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) education bills] have been introduced in 43 states and the District of Columbia in just the first six months of 2013. Thirty-one have become law. Read the full report [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12175/cashing-kids139-alec-bills-2013-promote-private-profit-education-model 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>Justice Denied: 71 ALEC Bills in 2013 Make It Harder to Hold Corporations Accountable for Causing Injury or Death</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>
[[Image:ALEC_Tilts_Scales.jpg|200px|right]][http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_2013_Bills CMD has identified at least 71 bills introduced in 2013] that make it harder for average Americans to access the civil justice system that resemble "models" from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
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 report [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12172/justice-denied-71-alec-bills-2013-make-it-harder-hold-corporations-accountable-ca here].
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.  


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<h2 style="margin:3px; background:#CC0000; font-size:140%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #CC0000; text-align: left; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">ALEC Open Records Lawsuit</h2>
<h3>CMD Files Open Records Suit Against ALEC Board Member Sen. Leah Vukmir</h3>
[[Image:Leah_Vukmir_testify200px.jpg‎|200px|left|frame|<center>Wisconsin State Senator Leah Vukmir</center>]]In June, the Center for Media and Democracy [http://www.prwatch.org/files/CMD_Vukmir_Complaint_June6.pdf filed suit] against Wisconsin State Senator Leah Vukmir, a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the treasurer of ALEC's national board, over her failure to disclose ALEC-related materials under Wisconsin's public records law -- possibly because ALEC told her to keep the documents secret.


CMD has discovered that ALEC has started stamping its materials with a disclaimer asserting "[b]ecause this is an internal ALEC document, ALEC believes it is not subject to disclosure under any state Freedom of Information or Public Records Act." There is no provision in Wisconsin law allowing private organizations to declare themselves immune from the state's sunshine-in-government statutes. Read the full article [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12140 here].
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More ALEC News

ALEC Member Strikes a Blow Against Rule Requiring Union Labor on Federal Construction Projects

Contractors engaged in large federal construction projects can’t be required to enter collective bargaining agreements with building trade unions, a federal claims court ruled last week.

Read the rest of this item here.

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.

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