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Open government group accuses ALEC of tax fraud
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative nonprofit that workshops legislation favored by its corporate members, was accused Monday of tax fraud by an open government group that’s seeking to trigger an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audit into ALEC’s activities. The group Common Cause leveled the allegations Monday morning,…
Pepaw Grassley Wants you to Boycott Coca-Cola Because ALEC and the Fringe Left, That’s Why
Chuck Grassley apparently isn’t too happy about the Radical Left™ exerting free market pressure on the corporate members of ALEC. ALEC, if you don’t know, stands for the American Legislative Exchange Council, and is a formerly anonymous and shadowy organization that writes many of the bullshit laws that state legislatures…
KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut drop out of American Legislative Exchange Council
Yum! Brands — the owner of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut — has ended its membership with the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council following a campaign launched by liberal and progressive groups. “This week, ColorOfChange members have been calling executives at Yum! Brands to ask the company to end…
Blue Cross becomes latest to abandon American Legislative Exchange Counsel
Progressive and liberal groups scored another victory on Tuesday when insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield confirmed that it was ending its relationship with the conservative American Legislative Exchange Counsel (ALEC). “This week I spoke with an executive at Blue Cross Blue Shield who told me that the company did…
ALEC eliminates task force on social issues
The conservative group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) announced Tuesday that they would get rid of its public task force focusing on non-economic issues. The decision comes after progressive groups such as Color of Change pressured corporations to withdraw their support from ALEC based on their influence in crafting “voter…
Georgia lawmaker quits ALEC, calls it ‘radical’ group with ‘dangerous agenda’
A state senator from Georgia, Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta) has left the American Legislative Exchange Council, the controversial legislative organization better known as ALEC. In a statement to the citizens’ action group Better Georgia, Orrock denounced the group, calling it “radical,” “dangerous” and accused it of “impeding democracy.” “As a member…
Liberal group identifies 30 ALEC ‘model bills’ in Missouri
More than two dozen pieces of legislation introduced to the Missouri General Assembly over the past decade were based on “model” legislation drafted by the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, according to a report by Progress Missouri. “The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a corporate bill mill that is…
Food maker Mars Inc. ends membership with ALEC
Mars Inc., the maker of Skittles and other well-known candies, has dropped its membership with the influential American Legislative Exchange Council following pressure from liberal and progressive groups. “The Color Of Change community is thrilled to learn that Mars has ended its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council,” Executive…
ALEC blasts ‘intimidation campaign’ against its corporate members
The influential American Legislative Exchange Council on Wednesday blasted a public-shaming campaign started by liberal and progressive groups, which has led major members to cut ties with the organization. “ALEC is an organization that supports pro-growth, pro-jobs policies and the vigorous exchange of ideas between the public and private sector…
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pull support from ALEC
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday vowed to withdraw financial support for the American Legislative Exchange Council, an influential conservative nonprofit that drafts model bills for legislators. The foundation contributed more than $375,000 to ALEC in the past two years, according to Roll Call. “We have made a…
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