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#american legislative exchange council
  • Money & Politics
    Secretive Foundation Pushing Right-Wing Ideology in States
    May 11, 2017
    | Alex Kotch
    Meet the Bradley Foundation, giving the Koch brothers a run for their money.
  • Democracy & Government
    The Right-Wing Machine Behind The Curtain
    April 6, 2017
    | Theo Anderson
    The radical conservative Heritage Foundation has spent 40 years trying to gut the federal budget. Now Trump is proving to be the perfect tool.
  • Democracy & Government
    How the Left’s Long March Back Will Begin in the States
    February 7, 2017
    | Theo Anderson
    Progressives’ answer to ALEC is helping to build power from the ground up.
  • Groups Call on eBay to Quit ALEC
    October 7, 2014
    | John Light
    Now that numerous tech companies — such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook — have cut ties to the lobbying group, the pressure is on those that remain.
  • Democracy & Government
    Amid Protests, ALEC Launches New Spinoff to Influence Local Governments
    August 4, 2014
    | Candice Bernd
    Much of ALEC’s agenda for its latest meeting returned to a focus on promoting the extraction and production of fossil fuels while putting up roadblocks for renewable energy initiatives where it can.
  • ALEC vs. Obamacare
    August 13, 2013
    | Lauren Feeney
    Health insurance industry whistleblower Wendell Potter exposes efforts by the American Legislative Exchange Council to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
  • United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up
    June 21, 2013 | Moyers & Company
    Get updated on the secretive scheme to remake America by changing its laws, one state house at a time.
  • ALEC's (Non)Disclosure Policy
    June 14, 2013
    | Laura Macomber
    Despite its expressed commitment to transparency, the controversial organization appears to have undertaken efforts to stop its documents from falling into outside hands.
  • 'Rich States, Poor States,' Red States, Blue States
    June 6, 2013
    | Laura Macomber, Okapi Productions
    ALEC's report claims to rank U.S. states based on their “economic outlook," but it's ideology that gets a state to the top -- or bottom -- of the list.
  • Lisa Graves Updates Us on ALEC
    April 23, 2013
    | Theresa Riley
    New reports on the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, reveal more about the funding of meetings between state legislators and corporate lobbyists.


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