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The American
Legislative Exchange
Council (ALEC) is a
nonprofit
organization of
conservative state
legislators and
private sector
representatives who
draft and share
model legislation
for distribution
among state
governments in the
United States. ALEC
provides a forum for
state legislators
and private sector
members to
collaborate on model
bills—draft
legislation that
members may
customize and
introduce for debate
in their own state
legislatures. ALEC
has produced model
bills on a broad
range of issues,
such as reducing
regulation and
individual and
corporate taxation,
combating illegal
immigration,
loosening
environmental
regulations,
tightening voter
identification
rules, weakening
labor unions, and
opposing gun
control. Some of
these bills dominate
legislative agendas
in states such as
Arizona, Wisconsin,
Colorado, Michigan,
New Hampshire, and
Maine. Approximately
200 model bills
become law each
year. ALEC also
serves as a
networking tool
among certain state
legislators,
allowing them to
research
conservative
policies implemented
in other states.
Many ALEC
legislators say the
organization
converts campaign
rhetoric and nascent
policy ideas into
legislative
language. ALEC's
activities, while
legal, received
public scrutiny
after news reports
from outlets such as
The New York Times
and Bloomberg
Businessweek
described ALEC as an
organization that
gave corporate
interests outsized
influence. Resulting
public pressure led
to a number of
legislators and
corporations
withdrawing from the
organization.
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Arizona Legislators
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- Sourcewatch - Last
edited on 8 June
2021, at 14:00 |
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ALEC Lied About Its Work On Election Suppression
Bills |
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"ALEC claims that it "doesn't
work on voting issues," but its CEO told a very
different story to her right-wing audience at a
Council for National Policy meeting in May." |
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Sep. 1, 2021 |
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ALEC Exploits Pandemic To Push Right-Wing Policy Goals At Annual Meeting |
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Jul. 16, 2020 |
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What Is ALEC? |
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"ALEC is not a
lobby; it is not a
front group. It is
much more powerful
than that. Through
ALEC, behind closed
doors, corporations
hand state
legislators the
changes to the law
they desire that
directly benefit
their bottom line.
Along with
legislators,
corporations have
membership in ALEC.
Corporations sit on
all nine ALEC task
forces and vote with
legislators to
approve “model”
bills." |
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Oct. 13, 2017 |
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ALEC’s
Influence Over Lawmaking In State Legislatures |
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Dec. 6, 2013 |
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New Report Exposes Extreme ALEC Agenda In Arizona |
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Apr. 4, 2013 |
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Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State Laws Are All Connected |
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"A shadowy
organization uses
corporate
contributions to
sell prepackaged
conservative bills
-- such as Florida's
Stand Your Ground
statute -- to
legislatures across
the country" |
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Apr. 14, 2012 |
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