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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/12/07/alec-hires-former-koch-staffer-lead-energy-task-force/ ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/12/20/influence-watch-website-launched-berman-alec-heartland-copy-cmds-sourcewatch-org-site/ 'Influence Watch' Launched: Copies CMDs' Sourcewatch.org Site]</h3>


The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups -- Americans for Prosperity and the Charles Koch Institute -- to lead its Energy, Environment and Agriculture (EEA) task force, a position that has been left vacant since July.
The [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Capital_Research_Center Capital Research Center] (CRC), a right-wing opposition research group with deep ties to PR spin doctor Richard Berman and bankrolled by the $800 million Bradley Foundation, launched an "Encyclopedia of the Left" inspired by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD)'s Sourcewatch.org this month called [https://www.influencewatch.org/ Influence Watch].


Funded by numerous fossil-fuel companies, ALEC and its EEA task force has a long history of passing "model bills" undermining environmental protections and opposing policies to combat climate change. The task force is made up of numerous corporate lobbyists and their trade groups that stand to benefit from measures weakening environmental protections.
CRC "conceived of this project after identifying a need for more fact-based, accurate descriptions of all of the various influencers of public policy issues," says the website, but internal documents from the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation tell a different story.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/12/07/alec-hires-former-koch-staffer-lead-energy-task-force/ here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/12/20/influence-watch-website-launched-berman-alec-heartland-copy-cmds-sourcewatch-org-site/ 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/2017/12/08/alec-gives-top-award-to-legislator-jailed-for-trying-to-sneak-loaded-gun-on-a-plane/ ALEC Gives Top Award to Legislator Jailed for Trying to Sneak Loaded Gun on a Plane]</h3>


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.
Colorado State Representative Lori Saine (R-63) arrived a little later than expected to this week’s American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, but she had a great excuse.


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.  
Saine was arrested Wednesday at the Denver International Airport for trying to bring a loaded semi-automatic handgun through security.


Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/10/22/alecs-corporate-sponsors-top-nations-lawbreaker-list/ here].
Saine was charged with a sixth-degree felony. If convicted, she could face up to 18 months in jail and a fine of up to $100,000. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/12/08/alec-gives-top-award-to-legislator-jailed-for-trying-to-sneak-loaded-gun-on-a-plane/ 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/2017/12/07/alec-hires-former-koch-staffer-lead-energy-task-force/ ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force]</h3>


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.
The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups -- Americans for Prosperity and the Charles Koch Institute -- to lead its Energy, Environment and Agriculture (EEA) task force, a position that has been left vacant since July.


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.
Funded by numerous fossil-fuel companies, ALEC and its EEA task force has a long history of passing "model bills" undermining environmental protections and opposing policies to combat climate change. The task force is made up of numerous corporate lobbyists and their trade groups that stand to benefit from measures weakening environmental protections.


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/2017/12/07/alec-hires-former-koch-staffer-lead-energy-task-force/ here].
 
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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Revision as of 16:55, 14 February 2018

More ALEC News

'Influence Watch' Launched: Copies CMDs' Sourcewatch.org Site

The Capital Research Center (CRC), a right-wing opposition research group with deep ties to PR spin doctor Richard Berman and bankrolled by the $800 million Bradley Foundation, launched an "Encyclopedia of the Left" inspired by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD)'s Sourcewatch.org this month called Influence Watch.

CRC "conceived of this project after identifying a need for more fact-based, accurate descriptions of all of the various influencers of public policy issues," says the website, but internal documents from the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation tell a different story.

Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Gives Top Award to Legislator Jailed for Trying to Sneak Loaded Gun on a Plane

Colorado State Representative Lori Saine (R-63) arrived a little later than expected to this week’s American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, but she had a great excuse.

Saine was arrested Wednesday at the Denver International Airport for trying to bring a loaded semi-automatic handgun through security.

Saine was charged with a sixth-degree felony. If convicted, she could face up to 18 months in jail and a fine of up to $100,000. Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Hires Former Koch Staffer to Lead Its Energy Task Force

The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has hired Grant Kidwell, a former analyst from two major Koch-backed groups -- Americans for Prosperity and the Charles Koch Institute -- to lead its Energy, Environment and Agriculture (EEA) task force, a position that has been left vacant since July.

Funded by numerous fossil-fuel companies, ALEC and its EEA task force has a long history of passing "model bills" undermining environmental protections and opposing policies to combat climate change. The task force is made up of numerous corporate lobbyists and their trade groups that stand to benefit from measures weakening environmental protections.

Read the rest of this item here.

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