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New Draft Fracking Rules Give Industry a Free Pass, But Were They Written By ExxonMobil?

DeSmogBlog notes that the Bureau of Land Managemen’s recently-released rules governing fracking on federal lands ”will adopt the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model bill written by ExxonMobil for fracking chemical fluid disclosure on U.S. Show More Summary

Thursday Night Bar Fight #9: Furries Unite!

Good news, everyone! The Council for Higher Education Accreditation has finally granted the League university status.  As of now, reading and commenting here earn you actual course credits, which you can save up and exchange for valuable...Show More Summary

ALEC diagram of power, access, and money

"Shortly after the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) told the press 'we really believe in transparency,' new documents show the organization directing legislators to hide ALEC meeting agendas and model legislation from the public." Read more: http://bit.ly/16eApZd from CommonDreams.org Great image of the cycle of money, influence peddling, and state government bills.

James P. Hoffa: ALEC's War on Workers

Corporations are upping the ante in their attempt to take control of the political process. Under the guise of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),...

The QP clip: Why Canada won’t bid for a seat on the UN security council

The exchange you can't miss from this afternoon's Question Period

ALEC-Orchestrated Bill To Preempt Paid Sick Leave Passes Florida Senate

The push for paid sick days in various cities and states has won some crucial victories, the latest of which was in New York City. But “preemption bills,” laws orchestrated by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that override any efforts to implement paid sick days, are also gaining speed, with the latest passed by [...]

South Dakota Pays For Lawmakers’ ALEC Membership

South Dakota will now subsidize a hundred lawmakers’ memberships to the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative corporate front group, after a vote Tuesday by the Republican-controlled Legislature Executive Board. Lawmakers will also continue to receive perks like unlimited travel to out-of-state ALEC meetings. Show More Summary

How ALEC is working to criminalize factory farm whistleblowers

Legislative efforts to silence animal advocacy groups are cropping up across the country. It should probably not be a surprise that the American Legislative Exchange Council appears to be responsible.

Two Major Florida Newspapers Ignore ALEC Connection In Pension Coverage

The Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times failed to connect the American Legislative Exchange Council model legislation to the current efforts to change the pension plans of Floridians. Ashley Lopez of the Florida Center for Investigative...Show More Summary

Megyn Kelly, Bill O'Reilly say Tony Perkins has no credible argument #time4marriage

Real Clear Politics brings us this unexpected (but welcome) exchange between two Fox News anchors: MEGYN KELLY: What I'm saying is that when you ask -- for example, I had an interview with Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council...

Small-business health exchange mandate will go to D.C. Council

A District board is moving full steam ahead with a controversial plan to require small  businesses in the city to purchase their employee health insurance through a government exchange. The D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority voted unanimously Wednesday to move … Continue reading ?

How ALEC Is Fueling Efforts To Block Paid Sick Leave And Other Pro-Worker Policies

Our guest blogger is Rachel Curley, an intern at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has been described as a “collaboration between multinational corporations and conservative state legislators”, is waging a campaign against workers, especially those in minimum wage jobs with few to no benefits. The National [...]

New NELP Study Shows that ALEC Is Engaged in Widespread Campaign to Suppress Wages

A new report from the National Employment Law Project (NELP) shows that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is engaged in a widespread campaign to suppress the wages of already low-wage workers. ALEC has created model legislation that is designed to weaken or repeal state minimum wage laws, reduce minimum wages for young workers and tipped workers, [...]

American Legislative Exchange Council behind push to lower minimum wages: report

How Conservatives Are Manipulating Renewable Energy Standards

This article was originally published on Climate Progress. By Tiffany Germain and Matt Kasper As the Heartland Institute and the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, continue to target states’ renewable energy standard (RES)...Show More Summary

The Loophole That’s Letting Conservatives Manipulate Renewable Energy Standards

By Tiffany Germain and Matt Kasper As the Heartland Institute and the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, continue to target states’ renewable energy standard (RES) with their model legislation — the Electricity Freedom Act — conservative lawmakers are using other unethical tactics to weaken or repeal standards. Currently, at least five states — Connecticut, [...]

Steve Horn: ALEC Sham Chemical Disclosure Model Tucked Into Illinois Fracking Bill

Illinois is the next state on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)'s target list for putting the oil industry's interests ahead of the public interest.

ALEC Sham Chemical Disclosure Model Tucked Into Illinois Fracking Bill

Illinois is the next state on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)'s target list for putting the oil industry's interests ahead of the public interest. 98 percent funded by multinational corporations,   ALEC is  described by its critics as a " corporate bill mill " and a lobbyist-legislator dating service. Show More Summary

Report: Gene Sperling Threatened Woodward

Buzzfeed’s Ben Smith is reporting that a “source familiar with the exchange” said National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling is the senior White House official who berated Bob Woodward for half an hour and then threatened him in an email over his... -

Bruce Kushnick: The New 'Digital Dead Zones' and Removing Your Rights to Communicate: Deny the AT&T FCC Petition Now

AT&T, Verizon and Centurylink, who are corporate sponsors of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), have declared war on the American public.