…Moreover, ALEC stalwarts like ALEC President Leah Vukmir, a State Senator from Wisconsin, were part of a “never Trump” team that first endorsed Marco Rubio, before rallying behind Ted Cruz,…
ALEC Embraces Trumpism
Don’t Let Them Smear Us as “Fake News”
Last night ALEC posted an op-ed trying to smear the Center for Media and Democracy as “fake news.” The truth? CMD has written hundreds of stories documenting ALEC’s pay-to-play operation–where…
Breaking Good News: Truth-Telling Gets an Oscar Nod
…them in jail for longer. These ALEC bills fueled the profits of ALEC’s private prison benefactors, and are essential to understanding the rise of America as the world’s largest jailer….
The DeVos Legacy: Crumbling Schools, Poisoned Water
…Exchange Council (ALEC). And it appears she has the same future in mind for the nation as she had for Detroit. When asked by Senator Tim Kaine to commit that…
Scott Pruitt: Trump’s Pick for EPA
…Pruitt chaired the ALEC Civil Justice task force which deals with tort reform. “ALEC is unique in the sense that it puts legislators and companies together and they create policy…
Scott Pruitt
…Association. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) expressed its own support for Pruitt, who is a former ALEC member, stressing that he would “work constructively with industry” as well as…
Seema Verma: Trump’s Pick for Medicaid and Medicare Cashes In on “Reform”
…Governor Mitch Daniels and current Governor and VP-elect Mike Pence, both conservative Republicans with ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC has long opposed any expansion of Medicaid and…
Exxon Illegally Funded ALEC Under Tillerson’s Tenure, CMD Tells Committee
…money was given to ALEC while Mr. Tillerson was President and then CEO of Exxon. Exxon’s collusion with ALEC resulted in the coordinated introduction of scores of bills in state…
Koch Astroturf Army Cheers Union Busting in Kentucky
…Democratic governor last year. The Center for Media and Democracy published ALEC’s cookie-cutter “model” bills in 2011 at Alecexposed.org. Follow the news @ALECexposed #ALECexposed. David Armiak contributed to this article….
ALEC Pay to Play on Display in Washington, DC
I first attended an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) winter policy meeting in 2014. There I learned that many so-called “model bills” in the ALEC library had become law in…
