New Report Documents Pervasive Influence of ALEC in Texas
As corporate lobbyists and legislators prepare to gather in Austin, CMD and Common Cause release a report detailing the pay-to-play group's firm grip on Texas politics.
ALEC Exposed
BREAKING: ALEC Plans "Confidential" Helicopter Border Tour in Texas for Board Members
Two biggest private prison companies backing ALEC get millions in ICE contracts to run controversial immigrant detention camps, raising questions about who is paying for the tour and why.
Coke, Pepsi Drop Trade Association Pushing Plastic Ban Bans
Plastic Industry Association works with ALEC to block regulation of single-use plastics.
ALEC Says "Strike!" Just Do It Without Unions
The American Legislative Exchange Council has gone on the record as supporting the right of workers to bargain collectively, and even strike, for better working conditions -- as long as they do it without a union.
Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC
The news of Comcast's departure was made public in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing calling for increased lobbying disclosure by Comcast.
ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called "Campus Free Speech" Bills
The noted hate group is also a dues-paying member of ALEC, CMD has found.
That Grifty Thing Stephen Moore Did With Herman Cain -- and the Koch Brothers' Blessing
Stephen Moore awaits his nomination to the Federal Reserve by Trump, who really wanted to get the band back together when he mentioned both Moore and Cain as his picks to the central bank.
ALEC's Washington State Chair Discussed Violence, Surveillance Against Constituents
Rep. Matt Shea offered to gather information on political opponents for right-wing extremists advocating violence.
Trump Appoints Stephen Moore, ALEC's Favorite Economist, to Fed
Stephen Moore, Trump's most recent appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, has served as the American Legislative Exchange Council's leading voice for austerity and anti-labor policies for over a decade.
CMD Continues to Throw Spotlight on Legislators Heralded by Secret Group
ALEC switches "Legislator of the Week" award to a monthly award.
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