A List of ALEC Corporations and those that dropped ALEC

SourceWatch: Corporations that have dropped ties to ALEC

Coke, Pepsi, Kraft, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Intuit, Reed-Elsevier, and others have dropped their membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

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 About ALEC

 ALEC is corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC’s operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. ALEC legislative leaders are tasked with a duty to get the bills introduced and passed; ALEC members introduce the bills in statehouses as their own brilliant ideas—without disclosing that corporations pre-voted on them with politicians behind closed doors at ALEC resort meetings. ALEC boasts that it has over 1,000 of these bills introduced by legislative members every year, and more than 20% become legally binding. ALEC describes itself as a “unique,” “unparalleled” and “unmatched” organization. It might be right. It is as if a state legislature had been reconstituted, yet corporations had pushed the people out the door. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy’s ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site.

Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC

 Coca-Cola Company: Gave a statement to the Washington Examiner on April 4th stating that it had “elected to discontinue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council” [1]

Pepsi: Informed Color of Change in a letter dated January 25th that they would not renew their membership in ALEC in 2012.[2]

 Kraft: Announced in an email on April 6th that “Our membership in ALEC expires this spring and for a number of reasons…we have made the decision not to renew.” [3]

 Intuit: Told the Center for Media and Democracy on April 6th that they did not renew their membership when it expired in 2011. [4]

 McDonald’s: Initially defended its membership in ALEC [5] Announced on April 10th that they had made the decision to withdraw from ALEC at the end of March. [6]

 Wendy’s: Sent an email to the Center for Media and Democracy on April 11th confirming that it is no longer a member of ALEC [7]

 Mars: Sent an email to Color of Change on April 12th, stating that they had ended their membership with ALEC [8]

 Arizona Public Service: Told the Arizona Capitol Times on April 12th that their membership expired that summer and they would not renew it. [9]

 Reed Elsevier: Told Reuters on April 12th that they had withdrawn “after considering the broad range of criticism being leveled at ALEC,” [10]

 American Traffic Solutions: Told the Arizona Capitol Times on April 13th that they would not renew their ALEC membership. [11]

 Blue Cross Blue Shield: Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012.[12]

 YUM! Brands: Told Color of Change that they would not renew their membership on April 19th. [13]

 Procter & Gamble: Told Color of Change that it would not renew its membership on April 20th.[14]

 Kaplan: Wrote Republic Report on April 26th, 2012 to confirm that they were no longer a member of ALEC [15]

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 ALEC Corporations

Editor’s Note. Four in Minnesota: Best Buy, Medtronic, Scranton, and UnitedHealth Group.  Who are our cell phone carriers?  AT&T and Verizon, besides spending millions lobbying Congress, are both members of ALEC.  And so is Century Link.

The following corporations are members of ALEC’s task forces. This list is current as of July 2011, except for the Tax and Fiscal Policy task force, correct as of March 2011.

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Corporation	Headquarters	ALEC Task Force Membership
1-800 Contacts, Inc.	UT	Health and Human Services
Allergan, Inc.	CA	Health and Human Services
Altria Client Services	VA	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development , Civil Justice, Tax and Fiscal Policy
Amazon.com, Inc.	WA	Communications and Technology
American Electric Power Company Inc.	OH	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
AMERIGROUP Corporation	DC	Health and Human Services
Amgen Inc.	CA	Health and Human Services
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.	MO	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development ; Tax and Fiscal Policy
AOL Inc.	NY	Tax and Fiscal Policy; Communications and Technology
Apotex Corp.	FL	Health and Human Services
Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics, LLC	FL	Tax and Fiscal Policy
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.	IL	Health and Human Services
AstraZeneca Inc.	London, UK	Health and Human Services
AT&T	DC	Communications and Technology, Tax and Fiscal Policy
Bank of America	NC	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Basell Industries	TX	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Bayer	Leverkusen, Germany	Civil Justice; Energy, Environment, and Agriculture; Health and Human Services
Bayer HealthCare	Leverkusen, Germany	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture; Health and Human Services
Best Buy	MN	Communications and Technology
BNSF Railway Company	TX	Civil Justice
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	CT	>Health and Human Services
BP	London, UK	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Bridgepoint Education	CA	Education
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	NY	Health and Human Services
Brown-Forman Corporation	KY	Tax and Fiscal Policy
Celgene Corporation	NJ	Health and Human Services
CenturyLink	LA	Communications and Technology
Charter Communications	MO	Communications and Technology
Chevron	CA	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Cintra	Madrid, Spain	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Civil Justice Reform Group C/o General Electric Company		Civil Justice
Cloud Peak Energy	CO	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC	MS	Communications and Technology, Tax and Fiscal Policy
Con-way	MI	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Connections Academy (Division of Connections Educationcation, LLC)	MD	Education
Continental Resources, Inc.	OK	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Corinthian Colleges, Inc.	CA	Education
Coventry Health Care	MD	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Cox Communications	GA	Communications and Technology
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.	TN	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Crown Cork & Seal	PA	Civil Justice
CVS Caremark Corporation	RI	Health and Human Services
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.	NJ	Health and Human Services
DCI Group, LLC	DC	Communications and Technology
Dezenhall Communications Mgmt. Group, LTD	DC	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Diageo North America, Inc.	MD	Tax and Fiscal Policy
Dominion Resources Services Inc.	VA	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Duke Energy Corporation	NC	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
EBay Inc.	CA	Communications and Technology
Edison Electric Institute	DC	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Eli Lilly and Company	IN	Health and Human Services
EMD Serono	MA	Health and Human Services
Endo Pharmaceuticals	PA	Health and Human Services
Energy Future Holdings	TX	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
EnergySolutions	UT	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Entergy	LA	Civil Justice
Express Scripts	MO	Health and Human Services
ExxonMobil Corporation	TX	Civil Justice, Energy, Environment, and Agriculture, Tax and Fiscal Policy
Farmers Insurance Group/Companies	CA	Civil Justice
FedEx Corporation	TX	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
General Electric Company	NY	Tax and Fiscal Policy
General Motors Corp.	MI	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Georgia-Pacific Corporation	GA	Civil Justice
GlaxoSmithKline	London, UK	Civil Justice, Health and Human Services
Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company	IL	Health and Human Services
Hewlett-Packard Company	CA	Communications and Technology
Honeywell International	NJ	Civil Justice
Insight Schools	OR	Education
InterMountain Corporate Affairs	CO	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
International Paper	TN	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
IntuCommunications and Technology Inc.	CA	International/Federal Relations; Communications and Technology
J.R. Simplot Company	ID	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
John Deere & Company	IL	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Johnson & Johnson	NJ	Civil Justice; Health and Human Services
K12 Inc.	VA	Education
Koch Companies Public Sector	WI	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture; Civil Justice; Public Safety and Elections; Tax and Fiscal Policy
LKQ/Keystone Automotive	IL	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
LoanMax	GA	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
LogistiCare Solutions, LLC	GA	Health and Human Services
Macquarie Capital USA	Sydney, Australia	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Marathon Oil Company	TX	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
MDU Resources Group, Inc.	ND	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.	NJ	Health and Human Services
MedImmune, Company of AstraZeneca	MD	Health and Human Services
Medtronic, Inc.	MN	Health and Human Services
Merck & Company, Inc.	NJ	Civil Justice; Health and Human Services
Microsoft Corporation	WA	Communications and Technology
MillerCoors	IL	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development ; Public Safety and Elections
MV VeriSol	SC	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)	TN	Civil Justice
National Heritage Academies	MI	Education
National Tax and Fiscal Policypayers Union	VA	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture; Tax and Fiscal Policy
Norfolk Southern Corporation	VA	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Novartis Corporation	NJ	Health and Human Services
NV Energy, Inc.	NV	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Occidental Oil & Gas Co.	CA	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Occidental Petroleum Corporation	CA	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Orchid Cellmark	OH	Public Safety and Elections
PacifiCorp	OR	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Parquet Public Affairs	FL	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Peabody Energy	MO	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Pfizer Inc	NY	Civil Justice; Health and Human Services
Philip Morris International	NY	Tax and Fiscal Policy
Pinnacle West Capital Corp.	AZ	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Publix Super Markets, Inc.	FL	Tax and Fiscal Policy
Purdue Pharma L.P.	CT	Health and Human Services
Qwest Communications International Inc.	CO	Communications and Technology
RAI Services Company	NC	Health and Human Services
Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals	NJ	Health and Human Services; Public Safety and Elections
ResCare	MD	Health and Human Services
Reynolds American Inc.	NC	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development ; Health and Human Services; International/Federal Relations; Public Safety and Elections; Tax and Fiscal Policy
Rubber Manufacturers Association	DC	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Salt River Project	AZ	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Sanofi-Aventis	NJ	Health and Human Services
SAP America, Inc.	PA	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development ; Communications and Technology
Scantron	MN	Education
Security Finance Corporation	SC	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development ; Civil Justice
Shell Oil Company	TX	Energy, Environment, and Agriculture
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.	MO	Civil Justice
Sprint	KS	Communications and Technology
State Farm Insurance Companies	IL	Civil Justice; Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Symantec Corporation	CA	Communications and Technology
T-Mobile USA	WA	Communications and Technology
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc.	IL	Health and Human Services
TASER International	AZ	Civil Justice; Public Safety and Elections
TEVA Pharmaceuticals	PA	Health and Human Services
Texas Roadhouse	TX	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
The DIRECTV Group, Inc	CA	Tax and Fiscal Policy; Communications and Technology
The Doctors Management Company	CA	Health and Human Services
Time Warner Cable	NY	Tax and Fiscal Policy; Communications and Technology
Transurban	Melbourne, Australia	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform	DC	Civil Justice; International/Federal Relations
United Parcel Service	GA	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
UnitedHealth Group	MN	Health and Human Services
US Oncology	TX	Health and Human Services
Verizon Communications	NY	Communications and Technology; Tax and Fiscal Policy
VISA U.S.A. Inc.	CA	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	AR	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development ; Health and Human Services; Tax and Fiscal Policy
Walgreens	IL	Health and Human Services
WellPoint, Inc.	IN	Health and Human Services
Western Union	CO	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development
Wine Institute	DC	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development ; Public Safety and Elections
Wise Carter Child & Caraway, PA	MS	Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development ; Communications and Technology
Yahoo! Inc.	CA	Communications and Technology