ALEC Exposed
Through ALEC, Global Corporations Are Scheming to Rewrite YOUR Rights and Boost THEIR Revenue |
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| Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations.
In ALEC's own words, corporations have "a VOICE and a VOTE" on specific changes to the law that are then proposed in your state. DO YOU? Numerous resources to help us expose ALEC are provided below. We have also created links to detailed discussions of key issues, which are available on the left. |
#50YearsofHarm |
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Undermining Workers’ Rights and Worker Organizing Voter Suppression, Gerrymandering, and Other Anti-Democratic Activism |
Who Is Behind ALEC? |
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| What Is ALEC?
ALEC Politicians (all states) |
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ALEC News |
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ALEC Caters to MAGA, Big Oil, and Tech Industry at Its 2026 Annual Meeting Read the rest of this item here. Red States Jumped on the DOGE Bandwagon Read the rest of this item here. An Article V Convention Would Supercharge Project 2025 Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Members Meet in Texas to Push Their Right-Wing 2026 State Legislative Agenda Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Pushes Power Grid “Stability” Bills to Favor Fossil Fuels Over Renewables Read the rest of this item here.
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More ALEC News |
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Red States Are Suddenly Cracking Down on Squatters — Despite No Evidence of a CrisisThe legislative assault on housing-insecure Americans is being pushed by the corporation-friendly American Legislative Exchange Council. Read the rest of this item here. Who Funds ALEC?ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual MeetingThe American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Legislators Dominate Leadership Positions in Republican StatesFor more than 50 years, the American Legislative Exchange Council has moved a right-wing and pro-corporate Republican agenda of legislation in states across the country — all while posing as a nonpartisan, tax-exempt charity. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Pushes State Anti-Labor Agenda for 2025The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill-mill, has laid out its priorities for this year’s state legislative sessions. Read the rest of this item here. |
Who is ALEC? |
ALEC at the Secretive Council for National Policy, May 21, 2021 |
| ALEC was given the platform to present two panels at the Christian Right Council for National Policy's May 2021 meeting where it laid out its top priorities. In the two videos obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, ALEC CEO Lisa Nelson and national chairs speak candidly on ALEC priorities in "Can the States Save America?" and "Saving America Through the States." |
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ALEC - The Backroom Where Laws Are Born |
| This is a glimpse into the world of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded charity that pays for lawmaker trips to resorts where they leave with ready-to-pass bills.
Neither ALEC nor the Georgia legislature would show us where the money comes from, or who it goes to. |
A Charity for Lawmakers? ALEC Legislator Resigns to Become Lobbyist |
| Rep. Ben Harbin resigned after two decades as a Georgia legislator the same day as 11ALive reporters asked him for an interview about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting where he was found behind closed doors with the top state lobbyist for the cell phone industry.
Atlanta's 11Alive follows up on its behind-the-scenes investigation of ALEC. |
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