Investigating Power
…“think tanks” work closely with ALEC legislators on model bills, including recently on ALEC’s private sector union-busting legislation, ALEC’s rollback of prevailing wages and more. Grassroots: Bradley bankrolls manufactured grassroots…
…other corporate interests, and serves to bring together special interests and judges much in the same way that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) does for legislators. It was Leo…
…American healthcare. The Koch brothers have contributed large sums of money to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and have invested heavily in the “Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce,” an…
…American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the most powerful right-wing policy-making machine in the country. A ménage a trois of powerful corporations, state legislators, and right-wing think tanks, ALEC pushes out…
…cookie-cutter “model” legislation behind closed doors at ALEC meetings. ALEC has long been funded by Koch Industries and a representative of Koch Industries sits on its executive board, while representatives…
…the U.S. Constitution. ALEC Politician Advances ALEC Idea Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, if 34 state legislatures “issue a call” for a constitutional convention, Congress must convene one….
…Essential Benefits Package, records show. America’s Health Insurance Plans, the trade group representing much of the industry, has also bitterly complained about the consumer mandate. ALEC has received substantial funding…
…Shortly after ALEC was created in 1973 and for several years afterward, ALEC was housed within the Heritage Foundation, which was launched by the rightwing activist Paul Weyrich with funding…
…to Pruitt’s dilatory handling of the requests. Pruitt’s ALEC Ties Pruitt was an Oklahoma state senator from 2002-2007. As a legislator, Pruitt chaired the ALEC Civil Justice task force in…
…not supposed to get involved in campaigns and elections. Embracing ALEC Ideas Another part of the right-wing infrastructure Bradley has funded is ALEC. From 2009-2015 Bradley has given ALEC some…
