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ALEC Corporate Members Lay Off Over 12,000 Workers in 2017

More than one-third of the large corporate members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and half of all pharmaceutical company members had mass layoffs in 2017.

Through the corporate-funded ALEC, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that protect workers, consumers, and the environment.

ALEC companies may want to spend less time trying to dismantle regulations, and more time running their business. Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC May Want to Reconsider This "Legislator of the Week" Award

Every week the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), together with the right-wing FreedomWorks, announces a "Legislator of the Week."

This week, as the fate of Roy Moore hangs in the balance, ALEC decided to choose a legislator who has had trouble defining rape.

Rep. Brian Greene (R-UT) is happy to introduce ALEC-Koch cookie-cutter bills into the Utah state legislature: "I have used their model policies on issues such as civil asset forfeiture reform and occupational licensing reform. As a result, I have been a leader in my state on both of these issues," boasted Greene. Read the rest of this item here.

Koch Troops Queasy About Killing State and Local Tax Deduction to Fund Tax Breaks for the Rich

The Koch brothers and their network of billionaire political spenders have made their marching orders to Republicans in Congress clear this year—kill the Affordable Care Act and pass sweeping new tax breaks for corporations and the top 1% or don’t come looking to us to bankroll your 2018 campaigns.

But in order to execute those orders, lawmakers may have to pay a steep political price by eliminating health benefits and tax breaks that benefit millions of middle income voters as well as state and local governments.

The Trump tax plan is already taking a pounding as a gift to the super rich and to Trump himself. The elimination of a popular tax deduction throws salt into the wound. Read the rest of this item here.

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-<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/02/koch-troops-queasy-about-killing-state-and-local-tax-deduction-to-fund-tax-breaks-for-the-rich/ Koch Troops Queasy About Killing State and Local Tax Deduction to Fund Tax Breaks for the Rich]</h3>
+<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/20/alec-corporate-members-lay-off-12000-workers-2017/ ALEC Corporate Members Lay Off Over 12,000 Workers in 2017]</h3>
-[[Image:KochBrothersMoney-BraveNewFilms270px.jpg|270 px|center]]The Koch brothers and their network of billionaire political spenders have made their marching orders to Republicans in Congress clear this year—kill the Affordable Care Act and pass sweeping new tax breaks for corporations and the top 1% or don’t come looking to us to bankroll your 2018 campaigns.
+[[Image:ALEC_magnified350x175px.jpg|270 px|center]]More than one-third of the large corporate members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and half of all pharmaceutical company members had mass layoffs in 2017.
-But in order to execute those orders, lawmakers may have to pay a steep political price by eliminating health benefits and tax breaks that benefit millions of middle income voters as well as state and local governments.
+Through the corporate-funded ALEC, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that protect workers, consumers, and the environment.
-The Trump tax plan is already taking a pounding as a gift to the super rich and to [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/28/9-ways-trumps-tax-plan-is-a-gift-to-the-rich-including-himself/?utm_term=.e8915dd8f7d9 Trump himself]. The elimination of a popular tax deduction throws salt into the wound. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/02/koch-troops-queasy-about-killing-state-and-local-tax-deduction-to-fund-tax-breaks-for-the-rich/ here].
+ALEC companies may want to spend less time trying to dismantle regulations, and more time running their business. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/20/alec-corporate-members-lay-off-12000-workers-2017/ here].
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-<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/10/22/alecs-corporate-sponsors-top-nations-lawbreaker-list/ ALEC's Corporate Sponsors Top Nation's Lawbreaker List]</h3>
+<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/16/alec-may-want-reconsider-legislator-week-award/ ALEC May Want to Reconsider This "Legislator of the Week" Award]</h3>
-[[Image:ALEC_magnified350x175px.jpg|270 px|center]]The [https://www.ALECexposed.org American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) has earned a reputation as a leading corporate influence group in recent years, with corporate lobbyists and legislators voting as equals in secret on scores of corporate bills to deregulate everything from the power and telecom industries to drug prices and health care.
+[[Image:Brian_Greene-270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center>Utah Rep. Brian Greene</center>]]Every week the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), together with the right-wing [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/FreedomWorks FreedomWorks], announces a "Legislator of the Week."
-Well, it's no wonder. New research by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) shows that the pay-to-play lobby group’s biggest [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations corporate funders] are also among the nation's biggest violators of the health, safety, consumer, worker, and environmental protection laws ALEC seeks to dismantle. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/10/22/alecs-corporate-sponsors-top-nations-lawbreaker-list/ here].
+This week, as the fate of Roy Moore hangs in the balance, ALEC decided to choose a legislator who has had trouble defining rape.
+Rep. Brian Greene (R-UT) is happy to introduce ALEC-Koch cookie-cutter bills into the Utah state legislature: "I have used their model policies on issues such as civil asset forfeiture reform and occupational licensing reform. As a result, I have been a leader in my state on both of these issues," [https://www.alec.org/article/restoring-the-balance-of-power/ boasted Greene]. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/16/alec-may-want-reconsider-legislator-week-award/ here].
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-<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/09/26/voter-id-worked-suppress-vote-exactly-wisconsin-republicans-predicted/ Voter ID Suppressed the Vote Exactly as Wisconsin Republicans Predicted]</h3>
+<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/02/koch-troops-queasy-about-killing-state-and-local-tax-deduction-to-fund-tax-breaks-for-the-rich/ Koch Troops Queasy About Killing State and Local Tax Deduction to Fund Tax Breaks for the Rich]</h3>
-[[Image:Voting-rights-CCBYSA2.0-Michael-Fleshman-270px.jpg|270 px|center|frame|<center><small>Image: Michael Fleshman - CC BY SA 2.0</small></center>]][https://elections.wisc.edu/news/voter-id-study/ A new study] of registered voters in Dane and Milwaukee Counties who did '''not''' vote in the 2016 presidential election found that approximately 17,000-23,000 eligible voters in those counties were prevented or deterred from voting by Wisconsin's voter ID law. Due to financial constraints, the social scientists were only able to do a study of two of Wisconsin's 72 counties, but the authors say that extrapolating statewide as many as 45,000 people stayed home because of the law.
+[[Image:KochBrothersMoney-BraveNewFilms270px.jpg|270 px|center]]The Koch brothers and their network of billionaire political spenders have made their marching orders to Republicans in Congress clear this year—kill the Affordable Care Act and pass sweeping new tax breaks for corporations and the top 1% or don’t come looking to us to bankroll your 2018 campaigns.
-Donald Trump won the state of Wisconsin [https://www.wisn.com/article/recount-complete-donald-trump-wins-wisconsin/8492414 by only 22,000 votes], the first GOP presidential victory in the state since Ronald Regan in 1984. The shocking upset garnered national attention and helped deliver the electoral college to Trump as the popular vote went to Clinton.
+But in order to execute those orders, lawmakers may have to pay a steep political price by eliminating health benefits and tax breaks that benefit millions of middle income voters as well as state and local governments.
-The study provides definitive evidence that [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/proposals/ab7 the controversial voter ID bill], made it more difficult for targeted voters to cast their ballots. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/09/26/voter-id-worked-suppress-vote-exactly-wisconsin-republicans-predicted/ here].
+The Trump tax plan is already taking a pounding as a gift to the super rich and to [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/09/28/9-ways-trumps-tax-plan-is-a-gift-to-the-rich-including-himself/?utm_term=.e8915dd8f7d9 Trump himself]. The elimination of a popular tax deduction throws salt into the wound. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/11/02/koch-troops-queasy-about-killing-state-and-local-tax-deduction-to-fund-tax-breaks-for-the-rich/ here].
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