Oct 2, 2012
From PRWatch by Rebekah Wilce The French pharmaceutical manufacturer, Sanofi (formerly Sanofi-Aventis) announced they have cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). “Sanofi has been a member of ALEC’s Health and Human Services Task Force. The task force has adopted “model” legislation opposing health insurance reforms and making it harder for those injured by pharmaceuticals, as well [...]
Sep 14, 2012
From PRWatch by Rebekah Wilce “Merck, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, and Wells Fargo, one of the largest banks in the United States, have joined 38 other major firms and cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC is a controversial “bill mill” that brings together right-wing legislators and corporations to draft controversial model bills [...]
Aug 29, 2012
A VLTP OP-ED in response to an article from PRWatch today by Lisa Graves — August 29, 2012 “The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) sent a message to hundreds of legislators across the country attacking the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), the creator of ALECexposed.org. Among other things ALEC claimed, “CMD is an attack-dog, not a watch-dog.” The error-filled [...]
Aug 28, 2012
BREAKING NEWS FROM VLTP – Earlier this year two complaints were filed against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by Common Cause and Clergy Voice, alleging major violations of IRS Code lobbying prohibitions committed by ALEC, a “charity” which enjoys a 501(c)(3) tax exempt status with the IRS. ALEC claims their activities are all related to educating lawmakers [...]
Aug 6, 2012
VLTP Special Report By Bob Sloan Last Friday, the Sierra Club released a report on clean energy that was critical of the efforts of what has become known as the ALEC Koch led “Cabal.” One article on this provided a rundown of key points released in the report. These include: Growth in clean energy in [...]
Jul 26, 2012
Click on the article titles below for links to the articles or videos: ALEC conservatives reject charges of corporate cronyism “I know you’re being attacked by a lot of these leftist groups in your states. I know you are,” Ron Scheberle, ALEC’s executive director told lawmakers during lunch Wednesday before turning to the group’s corporate [...]
Jul 26, 2012
From Color of Change – “General Motors Company, the world’s largest automaker, has ended its relationship with the American Legislative Council (ALEC). Walgreens, the country’s largest drug retailing chain, has also parted ways with the right-wing policy group…. “Walgreens will not be renewing its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (“ALEC”) where we have [...]
Jul 20, 2012
Two more corporations have publicly left the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): EnergySolutions, a nuclear services company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Connections Education, LLC, a private school entity based in Baltimore, Maryland, that contracts with charter schools, school districts, or governmental entities to provide “online” lessons to students. This brings the total [...]
Jul 13, 2012
ALEC has a heretofore hidden task force. It’s existence is known only to ALEC members and their closest “affiliates” – and referred to by them simply as the Federal Forum. A hint of it can be found at ALEC’s site listed under “Federal Relations.” Before getting in to the purpose of this task force, what [...]
