Apr 24, 2013
Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks VLTP will be publishing a series exposing the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) involvement with advancing their conservative agenda, model legislation and resolutions worldwide. We have discovered and begun to monitor the activities of ALEC overseas as they pursue developing and sponsoring legislation they favor in foreign countries. [...]
Jul 30, 2012
“House Republicans criticized the Justice Department for challenging voter ID laws. The critical lawmakers believe that DOJ is acting in a partisan manner and that DOJ’s actions show that the Obama Administration is more concerned with winning in November than protecting against election fraud.” That’s correct folks, Voter Suppression is just fine with Republicans in [...]
Jun 22, 2012
May 29, 2012
Midwestern refineries produce more gasoline per barrel than refineries in any other region in the United States. That gasoline is then sold to U.S. consumers. In contrast, refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas produce as much diesel as possible, much of which is exported internationally. The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would divert oil [...]
May 20, 2012
Charles and David Koch, the billionaire owners of of Koch Industries, are known as big spenders when it comes to lobbying and influencing public policy. Now, a new document filed with the IRS reveals how the Koch political machine funneled over $54.5 million in previously undisclosed funds to a litany of front groups designed to [...]
