ALEC state legislators, lobbyists, and Koch operatives return to Washington, D.C. today for ALEC’s States & Nation Policy Summit to promote an agenda only fossil fuel companies could love.
The Koch Brothers’ Freedom Partners Group Spends $115.2 Million in 2017
Dubbed the Kochs’ “Secret Bank,” Freedom Partners corrals donations from millionaires and billionaires to fund the Koch political operation.
Koch Machine Suffers Major Losses on Its Health Care Agenda
Koch network groups failed to stop Medicaid expansion measure in three states and lost many of its health care allies.
ALEC’s Washington State Chair, Rep. Matt Shea, Referred to FBI for Circulating Holy War Manual
Will the American Legislative Exchange Council repudiate Rep. Shea’s violent views and demand his resignation as the corporate lobby group’s Washington state leader?
Team Koch Steps Up Game with Veterans Astroturf Operation in 2018 Midterms
Concerned Veterans for America has spent millions in support of Republicans in close races that will be decided on Tuesday.
Schimel, Walker Went to Bat for Koch Brothers in Fight for Donor Secrecy
Wisconsin AG Brad Schimel and Gov. Scott Walker had state weigh in on a California legal battle to hide donors to group tied to their biggest political patrons.
National Right to Work Committee Mailer Backs Vukmir
Controversial union-busting operation sends letter praising U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir’s stand against “forced unionism,” but reports no spending in the race.
Scott Walker Has a History of Signing Plagiarized ALEC Bills
The media is focusing on four missing footnotes, while overlooking Walker’s history of promoting and signing plagiarized legislation.
ALEC Flaunts Trump Ties While Celebrating Its 45th Anniversary at POTUS’s DC Hotel
The American Legislative Exchange Council will welcome legislators and corporate lobbyists to the Trump International Hotel tonight to mark 45 years.
Verizon Dumps ALEC, Denounces Speaker as Racist
CMD exposé and coalition letter of protest prompt major ALEC backer to abandon ship after David Horowitz’s vitriolic speech at ALEC’s annual meeting.