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<h3>[http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf ALEC in Colorado]</h3>
[[Image:ALEC-CO-Common-Cause.jpg|270 px|center]]On the eve of ALEC's annual meeting in Denver, Colorado Common Cause and the Common Cause Education Fund released a [http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf new report] uncovering the recent influence of the secretive special interest lobbying group in the Colorado legislature. ALEC is a national secretive lobbying group that is holding its annual meeting in Denver from July 19th-21st. ALEC is known for bringing state lawmakers and corporate lobbyists together in secret to draft and approve "model" bills on different issues, often benefiting its corporate donors' bottom line.


The report reveals the members of the Colorado legislature that have ties to ALEC and which recent Colorado state bills can be traced back to the organization. Additionally, the report highlights ALEC's corporate members and uncovers money given to the organization from both the Coors family and Koch brothers. The report also documents how ALEC abuses its public charity status with the IRS, effectively making its corporate donors eligible for a tax deduction for its funding of ALEC.
<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.


"ALEC's secretive corporate lobbying flies in the face of how democracy is supposed to work," said Elena Nunez, executive director of Colorado Common Cause. "Voters may not know who ALEC is, but they have been very influential in Colorado. Coloradans need to know who is really behind some of the bills introduced in our legislature and what ALEC's corporate funders are getting in return." Read the report [http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/07/18/who-funds-alec/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/07/17/trump-alec-debate-gerrymandering-senate-denver/ Trump Team, ALEC, Koch Industries Debate Gerrymandering the U.S. Senate in Denver]</h3>
<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:TornUSconstitution-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]Now that GOP state legislators have control over 32 state legislatures (both chambers), thanks in large part to partisan gerrymandering, some extremists are preparing to use their clout to gerrymander the U.S. Senate.
[[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.


This week in Denver, July 19-21, the [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)] will welcome Republican state legislators and its corporate funders, including Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, K12 Inc., Peabody Energy, and PhRMA, to vote on corporate legislative priorities and create cookie cutter "model" bills in task force meetings that are still closed to the press. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/07/17/trump-alec-debate-gerrymandering-senate-denver/ here].
Read the rest of this item [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/ here].
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<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: 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.
 
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/03/14/alec-legislators-dominate-leadership-positions-in-republican-states/ here].
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<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: 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. 
 
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/25/alec-pushes-state-anti-labor-agenda-for-2025/ here].
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<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: 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.
 
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/02/10/alec-publishes-its-own-project-2025-for-the-states/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/06/28/reagan-vs-cities-battle-south-african-apartheid-lessons-trump-era/ Reagan vs. Cities: The Battle Over South African Apartheid and Lessons for the Trump Era]</h3>
[[Image:Reagan-Trump-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]With the Trump administration threatening to withhold federal funds from cities and states offering protections to undocumented immigrants, a new report details similar tactics used by the Reagan administration to pressure cities and states to abandon anti-apartheid sanctions and divestment legislation.


The report [http://jobstomoveamerica.org/research/reagan-vs-cities-20th-century-battle-south-african-apartheid-lessons-trump-era/ "Reagan vs. Cities: The 20th Century Battle Over South African Apartheid &amp; Lessons For The Trump Era"] provides historical examples of how cities and states can wield power in the face of threats of retaliation for local policies that defy a president's political agenda. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/06/28/reagan-vs-cities-battle-south-african-apartheid-lessons-trump-era/ here].
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Latest revision as of 21:05, 31 July 2025

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.

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