Minnesota ALEC Politicians
About ALEC ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that.
ALEC’s Corporate Influence on State Legislatures (Video)
Video exposes the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) effort to push corporate backed model legislation in state legislatures.
Lisa Graves: More Corporations Flee as ALEC Rolls Out Its Legislative Agenda
... for two decades through to this day, ALEC has been at the forefront of peddling climate change denial to state policymakers. Its legislative agenda is replete with an array of bills to block almost every effort by the Environmental Protection Agency or other governmental bodies to respond to the climate changes underway. By Lisa Graves, More
Microsoft and More Leave ALEC, 80 Corporations Out
ALECexposed, a project of CMD: Microsoft has left ALEC, but big technology companies Google, eBay, Facebook, and Yahoo reportedly still fund and remain engaged with ALEC. A number of energy companies have also left ALEC at the request of Greenpeace.Posted by REBEKAH WILCE PRWatch.org August 21, 2014Microsoft, the $86.8 billion-a-year technology company, is no longer a More
Oil Industry Conjures Illusion of Public Support for KXL Using ALEC Politicians
ALEC Pushes State Resolutions as Oil Industry Ghostwrites Opinion Pieces for Legislators Posted by NICK SURGEY PRWatch.org March 12, 2014 Millions of U.S. citizens have voiced their opposition to the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline in recent months, with more than 2 million publiccomments opposing the project hand delivered to the State Department last week. At the same More
▶ PR Watch—Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: The Facts on Sticky Leaks, Billion Dollar Spills, and Dirty Air
From the Center for Media and Democracy (PR Watch) by Dave Saldana, Director, Writer, and Producer of "Keystone PipeLIES Exposed," a new short film that is a production of the Center for Media and Democracy Investigative Fund The proposed Keystone XL pipeline would cover 1,179 miles, from Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, to the refineries of Port More
▶ Democracy Now! ALEC's "Institutional Corruption," From Backing Apartheid to Assault on Clean Energy, Public Sector
[youtube=http://youtu.be/ZBlsvdbBPzY] Published on Dec 11, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - The secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has just ended a week-long meeting in Washington where corporate lobbyists worked with state lawmakers on model bills that will later be introduced in states nationwide. ALEC has reportedly drafted a number of new bills designed to prevent President Obama from cutting More
▶ Democracy Now! ALEC’s “Institutional Corruption,” From Backing Apartheid to Assault on Clean Energy, Public Sector
[youtube=http://youtu.be/ZBlsvdbBPzY] Published on Dec 11, 2013 http://www.democracynow.org - The secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has just ended a week-long meeting in Washington where corporate lobbyists worked with state lawmakers on model bills that will later be introduced in states nationwide. ALEC has reportedly drafted a number of new bills designed to prevent President Obama from cutting More
[Video] Exposing ALEC: How Corporate Special Interests Control State Legislatures
Change the Media, Change the world Panel description (Full panel below): http://youtu.be/HSYETrvH5Tw Full panel: [youtube=http://youtu.be/b6mihN9ehVI] April 1, 2013 freespeechtv[ Published on Apr 1, 2013 The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a corporate-backed organization that creates controversial bills that it pushes through state legislatures. Some of these include broad anti-immigration measures like Arizona's SB 1070, Stand More
CMD/PRWatch Asks Ethics Board to Examine Corporate-Funded Gifts to ALEC Legislators
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release (Friday, March 23, 2012) CONTACT: Brendan Fischer at (608) 260-9713 or brendan@prwatch.org CMD/PRWatch Asks Ethics Board to Examine Corporate-Funded Gifts to ALEC Legislators New Documents Show Companies Fund “Scholarships” to Resorts plus Ballgames & Perks MADISON -- The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) filed a complaint today More