…Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy; state coordinating groups such as ALEC Action, an affiliate of the corporate bill mill the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC);…
Right Promotes “Big Lie” of Widespread Voter Fraud at CPAC Conference
…and Human Services and Veterans Affairs departments, moderated the panel. ALEC’s Voter Suppression Working Group CPAC also brought in several leaders of ALEC’s secretive working group on election issues and…
The GOP’s 2020 Campaign Against People of Color
…American values. The executive director of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a pay-to-play organization that connects corporate lobbyists with conservative state lawmakers to produce model legislation, supported Trump’s executive…
Koch-Funded Groups Back Anti-Union Bills in the States, Oppose Pro-Union Legislation in Congress
…policy issues. CMD wrote about ALEC’s post-Janus wishlist for the states based on the group’s “labor reform” booklet it obtained last year. Once introduced, usually by lawmakers with ALEC ties,…
Parler Is Now in the Hands of a Right-Wing Activist Seeking a Radical Rewrite of the Constitution
…they don’t like. COS has worked with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate pay-to-play operation, to coordinate the effort. ALEC has a model bill for state legislators to…
Charles Koch’s “Uniter” Rebrand Strains Credulity After Funding Congressional Coup Supporters
…Electoral College electors. ALEC members in the Pennsylvania state legislature went on to lead an effort to overturn their state’s electors, and numerous individuals associated with ALEC have ties to…
ALEC Gives Lawmakers Free Data Program Run by Republican Operatives
…open records request, ALEC promotes the constituent communication software, called ALEC CARE (for “Constituent Analytics Research Exchange”), to a Texas legislator as an inducement for renewing his membership. “ALEC CARE,…
ALEC’s Numerous Ties to the Capitol Insurrection and “Big Lie”
…Hill (R-MO), ALEC’s board secretary and an ALEC state chair, skipped his own inauguration to attend the events in Washington on Jan. 6. ALEC’s board treasurer, Sen. Karen Fann (R-AZ),…
ALEC Honoree Backed Effort to Overturn Presidential Election, Compared Penn. Gov. to Nazis
…his award from ALEC, which was not mentioned on the group’s website, Dush issued a press release that touted his efforts to work with ALEC “to finalized draft legislation that…
ALEC Lawmakers Traveled to D.C. For Rally and March That Led to Fatal Insurrection
…the Arizona House of Representatives. Justin Hill (Missouri) Adapted from NetChoice/YouTube Justin Hill, one of ALEC’s Missouri state chairs and the 2018 ALEC legislator of the year, skipped his own…