Let's Talk about ALEC
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Have a I got a little story for you.....
and if that isnt enough for your reading pleasure:
Common Cause Letter to the IRS (July 14, 2011) - contains a copy of the ALEC "Task Force Operating Procedures"
ALEC Funding, PRWatch (2011)
American Legislative Exchange Council and other related articles, SourceWatch (2011)
Ghostwriting the Law for Corporate America, American Association for Justice (2010)
Climate Denial Report on ALEC and Exxon Funding for ALEC, Greenpeace (2011)
Governing the Nation from the Statehouses, Progressive States Network (2006)
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, Common Cause (2006)
Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law, NPR (2010)
Exposing ALEC, blogging group, Daily KOS (2011)
ALEC: The Voice of Corporate Special Interests In State Legislatures, People for the American Way (2011)
Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States, Defenders of Wildlife and the Natural Resources Defense Council (2002)
The Attack on Trial Lawyers and Tort Law, Commonwealth Institute (2003)
Wisconsin's Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact, The Nation Magazine (2011)
Ghostwriting the Law, Mother Jones (2002)
ALEC Behind Voter Disenfranchisement Efforts, Center for American Progress (2011)
ALEC Report, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (2011)
Brendan Greeley and Alison Fitzgerald, Pssst ... Wanna Buy a Law?, Bloomberg Businessweek, December 1, 2011
Bill Berkowitz Exclusive: Unaccustomed to Hot Seat, ALEC Talks to BuzzFlash at Truthout blog, April 7, 2011
Nicholas Kusnetz, Where Bad Bills Come From, The Nation. June 9, 2010.
Alternet.org story on ALEC and their ties to Republican bills, Alternet.org, March 31, 2011
Nathan Newman and David Sirota, Forget D.C.—the Battle is in the States, In These Times. Feb. 20, 2006.
Stephanie Mencimer Idaho Bans Federal Health Insurance Mandate, Mother Jones, March 18, 2010. Article discusses a model bill that ALEC wrote that ended up being a resolution passed by the Idaho legislature opposing any and all health care reform, including taking any and all measures to oppose it.
Miles Mogulescu ALEC: The Behind the Scenes Player in the States' Fight Against the Middle Class, Huffington Post. March 7, 2011.
Tobin Van Ostern. Conservative Corporate Advocacy Group ALEC Behind Voter Disenfranchisement, Campus Progress. March 8, 2011.
Beau Hodai. Corporate Con Game: How the private prison industry helped shape Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, In These Times. June 21, 2010. Article covering the role ALEC, as well as its ties to the prison-industrial complex, played formulating Arizona’s racist immigration law.
Nicholas Kusnetz. The Assault on Healthcare Reform, The Nation. Oct. 6, 2010. An article describing the role ALEC played in becoming a message-multiplying-force, as well as a financial influencer, in dismantling health care reform in the U.S.
K. Moran, "Sportsmen's Group Targets Anti-Hunters", The New York Post, 10 January 10, 2003, page 86.
John Nichols, "ALEC Meets is Match: State Activists Are Learning How To Fight Back Against The Right's Powerhouse", The Nation, May 29, 2003.
"Burgeoning Conservative Think Tanks: The Madison Group: Heritage Offshoots Seek to Influence State Legislation," Responsive Philanthropy, Spring 1991 page 20; cited in People for the American Way, "Parental Rights", undated, accessed May 2004.
ALEC, "'Sons-of-Kyoto' Legislation: States React to the Myth of Global Warming", Press Release, Washington, January 21, 2004.
Britt Bailey and Brian Tokar, "Big Food Strikes Back: Ag Industry Aims to Strip Local Control of Food Supplies," CounterPunch, May 26, 2005.
George W. Bush, "President Discusses Second Term Accomplishments and Priorities", Speech to American Legislative Exchange Council, August 3, 2005.
Joshua Holland, "Creating a Right-Wing Nation, State by State", AlterNet, November 16, 2005.
Charu Gupta, "The American Legislative Exchange Council Helps Ohio Republicans Sell Out To Big Business", Free Times, May 11, 2006.
Andy Kroll, Conservative Crusade to Discredit Labor Experts Spreads to MI, Mother Jones. March 29, 2011.
'Adviser' Adam Werritty ran charity from Liam Fox's office http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011 ... y-liam-fox
Rebekah Wilce [www.prwatch.org/node/11079 Flu With That Burger? ALEC Wants Sick People Serving You Food], PRWatch.org, October 19, 2011
Have a I got a little story for you.....
and if that isnt enough for your reading pleasure:
Common Cause Letter to the IRS (July 14, 2011) - contains a copy of the ALEC "Task Force Operating Procedures"
ALEC Funding, PRWatch (2011)
American Legislative Exchange Council and other related articles, SourceWatch (2011)
Ghostwriting the Law for Corporate America, American Association for Justice (2010)
Climate Denial Report on ALEC and Exxon Funding for ALEC, Greenpeace (2011)
Governing the Nation from the Statehouses, Progressive States Network (2006)
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, Common Cause (2006)
Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law, NPR (2010)
Exposing ALEC, blogging group, Daily KOS (2011)
ALEC: The Voice of Corporate Special Interests In State Legislatures, People for the American Way (2011)
Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States, Defenders of Wildlife and the Natural Resources Defense Council (2002)
The Attack on Trial Lawyers and Tort Law, Commonwealth Institute (2003)
Wisconsin's Cronon Affair: The Power of a Simple Fact, The Nation Magazine (2011)
Ghostwriting the Law, Mother Jones (2002)
ALEC Behind Voter Disenfranchisement Efforts, Center for American Progress (2011)
ALEC Report, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (2011)
Brendan Greeley and Alison Fitzgerald, Pssst ... Wanna Buy a Law?, Bloomberg Businessweek, December 1, 2011
Bill Berkowitz Exclusive: Unaccustomed to Hot Seat, ALEC Talks to BuzzFlash at Truthout blog, April 7, 2011
Nicholas Kusnetz, Where Bad Bills Come From, The Nation. June 9, 2010.
Alternet.org story on ALEC and their ties to Republican bills, Alternet.org, March 31, 2011
Nathan Newman and David Sirota, Forget D.C.—the Battle is in the States, In These Times. Feb. 20, 2006.
Stephanie Mencimer Idaho Bans Federal Health Insurance Mandate, Mother Jones, March 18, 2010. Article discusses a model bill that ALEC wrote that ended up being a resolution passed by the Idaho legislature opposing any and all health care reform, including taking any and all measures to oppose it.
Miles Mogulescu ALEC: The Behind the Scenes Player in the States' Fight Against the Middle Class, Huffington Post. March 7, 2011.
Tobin Van Ostern. Conservative Corporate Advocacy Group ALEC Behind Voter Disenfranchisement, Campus Progress. March 8, 2011.
Beau Hodai. Corporate Con Game: How the private prison industry helped shape Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, In These Times. June 21, 2010. Article covering the role ALEC, as well as its ties to the prison-industrial complex, played formulating Arizona’s racist immigration law.
Nicholas Kusnetz. The Assault on Healthcare Reform, The Nation. Oct. 6, 2010. An article describing the role ALEC played in becoming a message-multiplying-force, as well as a financial influencer, in dismantling health care reform in the U.S.
K. Moran, "Sportsmen's Group Targets Anti-Hunters", The New York Post, 10 January 10, 2003, page 86.
John Nichols, "ALEC Meets is Match: State Activists Are Learning How To Fight Back Against The Right's Powerhouse", The Nation, May 29, 2003.
"Burgeoning Conservative Think Tanks: The Madison Group: Heritage Offshoots Seek to Influence State Legislation," Responsive Philanthropy, Spring 1991 page 20; cited in People for the American Way, "Parental Rights", undated, accessed May 2004.
ALEC, "'Sons-of-Kyoto' Legislation: States React to the Myth of Global Warming", Press Release, Washington, January 21, 2004.
Britt Bailey and Brian Tokar, "Big Food Strikes Back: Ag Industry Aims to Strip Local Control of Food Supplies," CounterPunch, May 26, 2005.
George W. Bush, "President Discusses Second Term Accomplishments and Priorities", Speech to American Legislative Exchange Council, August 3, 2005.
Joshua Holland, "Creating a Right-Wing Nation, State by State", AlterNet, November 16, 2005.
Charu Gupta, "The American Legislative Exchange Council Helps Ohio Republicans Sell Out To Big Business", Free Times, May 11, 2006.
Andy Kroll, Conservative Crusade to Discredit Labor Experts Spreads to MI, Mother Jones. March 29, 2011.
'Adviser' Adam Werritty ran charity from Liam Fox's office http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011 ... y-liam-fox
Rebekah Wilce [www.prwatch.org/node/11079 Flu With That Burger? ALEC Wants Sick People Serving You Food], PRWatch.org, October 19, 2011
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