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Amid Controversy, Ben Carson Named ALEC Event Speaker

Following a week of controversies about claims made by presidential candidate Ben Carson, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has announced that he will be one of their keynote speakers at the ALEC "States and Nation Policy Summit" in Scottsdale, Arizona, in December. ALEC, which is widely known as a "corporate bill mill," describes the coming meeting as "focused on returning the appropriate balance of power between the states and the federal government." Read the rest of this item here.

Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC

Ford Motor Company, despite its much-hyped commitment to the environment, has been quietly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group widely criticized for its promotion of climate change denial and for its opposition to the development of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels.

A Ford spokesperson, Christin Baker, confirmed the ALEC grant to the Center for Media and Democracy/PRWatch, but said that the funding was not intended to be used by ALEC to block action on climate change. Read the rest of this item here.

Hypocrisy Alert: Speaker Vos and Rep. Craig Use Private Email, Too

Wisconsin Republicans have been caught in the spin cycle with their latest attack on the state's independent, nonpartisan Government Accountability Board (GAB), which oversees elections and ethics.

The GAB, which is led by a board of retired judges appointed by the governor, has been widely regarded as a national model for nonpartisan election administration. But this week the Republican-led legislature seeks to dismantle it as payback for investigating Governor Scott Walker.

"Political payback" doesn't poll well, so Republicans have tried advancing a series of disingenuous arguments to justify the attack on the GAB.

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+<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12950 Amid Controversy, Ben Carson Named ALEC Event Speaker]</h3>
+[[Image:Ben_Carson-pointing270px.jpg|270|center|frame|<center>Ben Carson</center>]]Following a week of controversies about claims made by presidential candidate Ben Carson, the [http://www.ALECexposed.org American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) has [http://www.alec.org/snps-speakers/ announced] that he will be one of their keynote speakers at the ALEC "States and Nation Policy Summit" in Scottsdale, Arizona, in December. ALEC, which is widely [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed known] as a "corporate bill mill," [http://www.alec.org/snps/ describes] the coming meeting as "focused on returning the appropriate balance of power between the states and the federal government." Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12950 here].
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 <h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12968 Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC]</h3>
 [[Image:Ford-blue-logo270px.jpg|270|center]]Ford Motor Company, despite its much-hyped commitment to the environment, has been quietly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group widely criticized for its promotion of climate change denial and for its opposition to the development of renewable alternatives to fossil fuels.
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-<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12950 ALEC Vice-Chair Falsely Attacks CMD]</h3>
-[[Image:Leah_Vukmir-redsuit270px.jpg|270|center|frame|<center>Senator Leah Vukmir</center>]]The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) came under attack last week as Republicans fast-tracked bills to dismantle Wisconsin's nonpartisan Government Accountability Board (GAB) and gut the state's campaign finance laws.
-During a hearing on SB 294, Sen. Leah Vukmir, made a series of false claims to paint the GAB as inept and partisan. She claimed that the GAB had failed to investigate CMD for not abiding by lobby disclosure laws, when in fact CMD does no lobbying in Wisconsin. The charges were especially egregious as Vukmir is the second-highest-ranking legislative official in the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
-Over and over again in the marathon hearing, citizens objected to Vukmir's bill and demanded to know who was behind it.
-Today, CMD can answer that question. [https://lobbying.wi.gov/What/BillInformation/2015REG/Information/12393?tab=Principals The only group lobbying in favor of the bill to kill the GAB is David Koch's Americans for Prosperity]. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12950 here].
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