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Betsy DeVos and Issue of College Rape at ALEC in Denver

Secretary Betsy DeVos headlined the 44^th American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Annual Meeting being held at the Colorado Convention Center's Hyatt Regency Hotel July 19-21.

Other big names speaking at the event included Trump defender-in-chief Newt Gingrich, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Republican pollster Frank Luntz, and local mega-donor and light beer magnate Peter Coors, who chairs the right-wing Coors Foundation.

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Big Coal Burns Bright at ALEC Conference

The best part of my 9^th American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference so far was trying to get into the host hotel in Denver.

When I pulled up in my cab, it was surrounded by hundreds of protestors marching on the sidewalk and shouting some of my favorite chants. Any possible entrance into the hotel was blocked by yellow police tape or a barricade. So I marched with them for a bit, pulling my suitcase behind me, and then ducked under the tape to get into the hotel.

Now that's the way to start an ALEC conference. Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC in Colorado

On the eve of ALEC's annual meeting in Denver, Colorado Common Cause and the Common Cause Education Fund released a new report uncovering the recent influence of the secretive special interest lobbying group in the Colorado legislature. ALEC is a national secretive lobbying group that is holding its annual meeting in Denver from July 19th-21st. ALEC is known for bringing state lawmakers and corporate lobbyists together in secret to draft and approve "model" bills on different issues, often benefiting its corporate donors' bottom line.

The report reveals the members of the Colorado legislature that have ties to ALEC and which recent Colorado state bills can be traced back to the organization. Read the report here.

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-The best part of my 9<sup>th</sup> [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) conference so far was trying to get into the host hotel in Denver.
+Secretary Betsy DeVos headlined the 44<sup>th</sup> American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Annual Meeting being held at the Colorado Convention Center's Hyatt Regency Hotel July 19-21.
-When I pulled up in my cab, it was surrounded by hundreds of protestors marching on the sidewalk and shouting some of my favorite chants. Any possible entrance into the hotel was blocked by yellow police tape or a barricade. So I marched with them for a bit, pulling my suitcase behind me, and then ducked under the tape to get into the hotel.
+Other big names speaking at the event included Trump defender-in-chief Newt Gingrich, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Republican pollster Frank Luntz, and local mega-donor and light beer magnate Peter Coors, who chairs the right-wing [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Adolph_Coors_Foundation Coors Foundation].
-Now that's the way to start an ALEC conference. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/07/20/big-coal-burns-bright-alec-conference/ here].
+Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/07/18/ALEC-2017-devos-college-sexual-assault here].
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-<h3>[http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf ALEC in Colorado]</h3>
+<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/07/20/big-coal-burns-bright-alec-conference/ Big Coal Burns Bright at ALEC Conference]</h3>
+The best part of my 9<sup>th</sup> [https://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) conference so far was trying to get into the host hotel in Denver.
-On the eve of ALEC's annual meeting in Denver, Colorado Common Cause and the Common Cause Education Fund released a [http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf new report] uncovering the recent influence of the secretive special interest lobbying group in the Colorado legislature. ALEC is a national secretive lobbying group that is holding its annual meeting in Denver from July 19th-21st. ALEC is known for bringing state lawmakers and corporate lobbyists together in secret to draft and approve "model" bills on different issues, often benefiting its corporate donors' bottom line.
+When I pulled up in my cab, it was surrounded by hundreds of protestors marching on the sidewalk and shouting some of my favorite chants. Any possible entrance into the hotel was blocked by yellow police tape or a barricade. So I marched with them for a bit, pulling my suitcase behind me, and then ducked under the tape to get into the hotel.
-The report reveals the members of the Colorado legislature that have ties to ALEC and which recent Colorado state bills can be traced back to the organization. Read the report [http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf here].
+Now that's the way to start an ALEC conference. Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/07/20/big-coal-burns-bright-alec-conference/ here].
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-<h3>[http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/07/17/trump-alec-debate-gerrymandering-senate-denver/ Trump Team, ALEC, Koch Industries Debate Gerrymandering the U.S. Senate in Denver]</h3>
+<h3>[https://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf ALEC in Colorado]</h3>
-Now that GOP state legislators have control over 32 state legislatures (both chambers), thanks in large part to partisan gerrymandering, some extremists are preparing to use their clout to gerrymander the U.S. Senate.
+On the eve of ALEC's annual meeting in Denver, Colorado Common Cause and the Common Cause Education Fund released a [http://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf new report] uncovering the recent influence of the secretive special interest lobbying group in the Colorado legislature. ALEC is a national secretive lobbying group that is holding its annual meeting in Denver from July 19th-21st. ALEC is known for bringing state lawmakers and corporate lobbyists together in secret to draft and approve "model" bills on different issues, often benefiting its corporate donors' bottom line.
-Last week in Denver, July 19-21, the [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)] will welcome Republican state legislators and its corporate funders, including Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, K12 Inc., Peabody Energy, and PhRMA, to vote on corporate legislative priorities and create cookie cutter "model" bills in task force meetings that are still closed to the press. Read the rest of this item [http://www.exposedbycmd.org/2017/07/17/trump-alec-debate-gerrymandering-senate-denver/ here].
+The report reveals the members of the Colorado legislature that have ties to ALEC and which recent Colorado state bills can be traced back to the organization. Read the report [https://www.commoncause.org/press/press-releases/alec-in-denver-report.pdf here].
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