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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/08/08/common-cause-exposes-alec-influence-louisiana/ Common Cause Exposes ALEC Influence in Louisiana]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/08/17/nonpartisan-alec-will-celebrate-45th-gala-gop-stars-lobbyists-trump-hotel/ “Nonpartisan” ALEC Will Celebrate 45th Gala with GOP Stars and Lobbyists at Trump Hotel]</h3>
[[Image:ALEC-Influence-270px.jpg|270 px|center]]ALEC is registered as a tax-exempt charitable organization and claims not to spend any money on lobbying. But according to a new report from Common Cause, a number of ALEC-backed and -drafted bills have been introduced and enacted by ALEC-affiliated legislators in Baton Rouge in recent years.
[[Image:Trump International Hotel ALEC-270.jpg|270 px|center]]Invitations have gone out for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s 45th Gala on September 26, 2018 at the Trump International Hotel, just blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and the event chairs and committee members are a who’s who of prominent Republicans, big polluters, lobbyists, and union busters.
 
"''[https://www.commoncause.org/press-release/before-annual-alec-conference-new-report-exposes-secretive-groups-political-influence-in-louisiana/ ALEC in Louisiana]''" uncovers the power that "the secretive special interest lobbying group" has already utilized in the southern state. According to the report, nearly 50 members of the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives have ties to ALEC.


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Revision as of 18:36, 30 August 2018

ALEC News

Broad Coalition Calls on Corporations to Drop Funding for ALEC Over Horowitz Speeches

The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has joined a coalition of 78 government reform, civil rights, labor, environmental, and advocacy organizations urging 20 of the largest corporate funders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to cut ties with the corporate bill mill.

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ALEC Launches Effort to Protect Gerrymandering from Judges

Efforts to limit the courts' role in creating district maps come as 2020 redistricting looms.

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“Nonpartisan” ALEC Will Celebrate 45th Gala with GOP Stars and Lobbyists at Trump Hotel

Invitations have gone out for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s 45th Gala on September 26, 2018 at the Trump International Hotel, just blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and the event chairs and committee members are a who’s who of prominent Republicans, big polluters, lobbyists, and union busters.

Read the rest of this item here.