Through ALEC, Global Corporations Are Scheming to Rewrite YOUR Rights and Boost THEIR Revenue
Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations. In ALEC's own words, corporations have "a VOICE and a VOTE" on specific changes to the law that are then proposed in your state. DO YOU?
This archive contains records about ALEC in several states (OH, FL, WI, AZ, IN) from 2007-2011, obtained through public records requests to ALEC's "public sector chairs," elected officials. Included are records relating to ALEC legislative & corporate members, records detailing ALEC "scholarship fund" disbursements to lawmakers, as well as thousands of pages of email correspondence between lawmakers, ALEC staff, and reps of corporations that finance ALEC.
On April 26, 2012, government watchdog group Common Cause began posting material in support of its complaint to the IRS that "ALEC is a corporate lobbying group masquerading as a public charity." The evidence now available includes a complete set of agendas, model bills, minutes, and related materials for each ALEC task force meeting over the past two years. Read more here.
This is a glimpse into the world of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded charity that pays for lawmaker trips to resorts where they leave with ready-to-pass bills.
Neither ALEC nor the Georgia legislature would show us where the money comes from, or who it goes to.
ALEC boasts on its website that over 2,000 state legislators are members of their organization. ALEC Exposed has identified nearly 1,000 state representatives who are believed to be active members of ALEC. We need YOUR help to identify all ALEC members.
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