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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/10/expedia-exit-alec/ Expedia Latest to Exit ALEC]</h3>
''The Guardian'' is [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/10/expedia-severs-ties-alec-travel-company reporting] that the online travel company Expedia has dumped the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
The Center for Media and Democracy has been flagging Expedia's financial support for ALEC and asking activists if they are using Expedia-connected hotel and air travel booking services.
In an email to Common Cause, Expedia [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/10/expedia-severs-ties-alec-travel-company "confirmed it had severed ties"] with the corporate bill mill. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/10/expedia-exit-alec/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/05/aarp-drop-alec-members-outcry/ AARP To Drop ALEC after Members' Outcry]</h3>
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It wasn't the one Governor Walker continues to repeat. It was the other, lesser known, but equally powerful myth that is eaten up by the ALEC crowd. That's the one where Wisconsin Republicans had "shut down" a government run amok. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/10/anti-transparency-agenda-hailed-inside-alec/ here].
It wasn't the one Governor Walker continues to repeat. It was the other, lesser known, but equally powerful myth that is eaten up by the ALEC crowd. That's the one where Wisconsin Republicans had "shut down" a government run amok. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/08/10/anti-transparency-agenda-hailed-inside-alec/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/28/revealed-aarp-funding-alec/ Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC]</h3>
[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/AARP AARP], the non-profit seniors organization that exists to promote the financial security, pensions and healthcare of those over 50, is secretly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization whose bills have acted against the interests of ordinary Americans, including retirees and their families.
The Center for Media and Democracy has learned that AARP has recently joined ALEC, and that it is a named sponsor of the ALEC annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/28/revealed-aarp-funding-alec/ here].
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<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting]</h3>
[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Exxon_Mobil ExxonMobil], facing multiple state investigations connected to its funding of climate change denial, was listed as a top corporate sponsor of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. ALEC has long promoted climate change denial to state legislators, and promotes a legislative agenda of "model" bills designed to protect the interests of its oil, gas and coal funders.
The ALEC meeting agenda included discussion of a new "model" bill, designed to block implementation of the Obama administration Clean Power Plan aimed at reducing carbon pollution. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ here].
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More ALEC News

Expedia Latest to Exit ALEC

The Guardian is reporting that the online travel company Expedia has dumped the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

The Center for Media and Democracy has been flagging Expedia's financial support for ALEC and asking activists if they are using Expedia-connected hotel and air travel booking services.

In an email to Common Cause, Expedia "confirmed it had severed ties" with the corporate bill mill. Read the rest of this item here.

AARP To Drop ALEC after Members' Outcry

AARP will drop its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has a long history of peddling bills that harm the interests of retirees and other Americans.

The statement comes just days after the Center for Media and Democracy reported that AARP had joined ALEC and was a sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference. AARP joins more than 120 private sector members that have publicly cut ties with ALEC since CMD launched the ALEC Exposed investigation in 2011. Read the rest of this item here.

The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC

By Rep. Chris Taylor--I walked into my sixth ALEC conference over a week ago as one of two familiar Wisconsin myths was being told by the queen of the American Legislative Exchange Council, state Senator Leah Vukmir.

It wasn't the one Governor Walker continues to repeat. It was the other, lesser known, but equally powerful myth that is eaten up by the ALEC crowd. That's the one where Wisconsin Republicans had "shut down" a government run amok. Read the rest of this item here.

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