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<h3>Power Players Behind the Corporate Takeover of Pennsylvania Schools</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>
[[Image:Power_Player-cards-kids200px.jpg|200px|right]]In 2007, Philly rolled out the red carpet for state legislators and lobbyists attending the annual “State and Nation” policy summit of the American Legislative Exchange Council. Pennsylvania legislators appropriated a whopping $50,000 of taxpayer money to help pay for the event, including $3,000 for cheesecake lollipops.
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.  


The event apparently had a lasting impact as the ALEC agenda has continued to roll though the hallways of the state capitol in Harrisburg in the years since. After Governor Corbett took office in 2010, ALEC bill after ALEC bill was introduced and signed into law. To accomplish this feat a well-orchestrated cast of characters -- including politicians, state “think tanks” and advocacy organizations -- are singing from the same hymnal, and being bankrolled by the same interests. Behind the scenes, we find charter school magnates, ideological interests and deep-pocketed investors pumping millions into campaign coffers while playing the education “market” like a game of poker.
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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With this report the Center for Media and Democracy puts a spotlight on some of the power players behind Corbett’s dramatic moves to reshape state education policy for the benefit of corporate interests. A surprising number of these groups are reportedly under investigation by federal officials or have been charged with wrongdoing.
<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.


[http://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/9/9e/PA_Power_Players.pdf Read the full report 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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<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;">More ALEC News</h2>
<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>
<h3>[http://prwatch.org/node/12666 An Embattled ALEC, Buoyed by Election Results, Lays Blueprint for 2015]</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.
[[Image:ALEC_magnified350x175px.jpg|right|200px]]
The midterm elections may have given the embattled American Legislative Exchange Council a new lease on life. ALEC has been bleeding corporate members, but with Republicans now in control of 68 out of 98 state legislative bodies, there are fewer impediments to the enactment of the corporate-friendly legislation that ALEC peddles -- and in early December, ALEC and the corporations that still fund it will likely lay out the legislative blueprint for 2015 at the ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC.


“Prior to the sweeping change witnessed in 2010, one must look back to 1896 to see such a momentous shift in leadership at the federal, state and local levels,” wrote ALEC Executive Director Lisa B. Nelson in a November 5 email to ALEC members. Republicans expanded their majorities in many states, took control of 11 legislative chambers that had been held by Democrats, and gained three governorships. She claimed the election results were “a historic victory for limited government, free markets and federalism.”
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/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).


Yet, the actual policy ideas that ALEC promotes are less popular than ever. Republican and Democratic voters across the country voted overwhelmingly in favor of increasing the minimum wage on election day -- which ALEC and ALEC funders like the National Restaurant Association have [http://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/3/34/1E10-Starting_(Minimum)_Wage_Repeal_Act_Exposed.pdf long] [http://alecexposed.org/w/images/f/f9/7G12-Resolution_to_Preserve_the_Legislative_Process_Exposed.pdf opposed] -- and not surprisingly, a top agenda item at ALEC's December meeting is aimed at thwarting efforts to raise the wage. Read the rest of this item [http://prwatch.org/node/12666 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>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12668 ALEC and Big Oil Work to Overturn Denton Fracking Ban]</h3>
<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>
by [http://www.prwatch.org/users/35407/jessica-mason Jessica Mason]
Americans for Citizens Voting is partnering with ALEC to pass noncitizen amendments in at least 11 more states.  
[[Image:Denton_texas_water_tower-Shannon-Ramos350pxW.jpg|right|200px]]
The residents of Denton, Texas, had a remarkable victory over Big Oil in the midterm elections, becoming the first town in Texas to pass a [http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20141105-denton-fracking-ban-passed-in-landslide1.ece ban on hydraulic fracturing], also known as fracking. But now state officials with ties to energy interests and to the [http://www.alecexposed.org/ American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC), the pay-to-play corporate bill mill, are threatening to undermine local democracy by refusing to follow the ban.


The chair of the Texas Railroad Commission, Christi Craddick, stated that she would not abide by the ban at an event held by the ''Texas Tribune'' on November 6. “It’s my job to give permits, not Denton’s. We’re going to continue permitting up there because that’s my job,” [http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/tag/christi-craddick/ Craddick said].  
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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Energy interests have made [http://www.followthemoney.org/show-me?f-core=1&c-t-eid=10238705 substantial contributions to Craddick], whose 2012 campaign received [https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00381954&cycle=2014 $15,000 from Atmos Energy], $5,000 each from Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, Exxon, Occidental Petroleum, and Koch Industries; and $25,000 from the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TOGA) . TOGA has also [http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20141105-denton-fracking-ban-quickly-draws-two-lawsuits-after-passing.ece filed a lawsuit] seeking to block enforcement of Denton's fracking ban.
Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12668 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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