Newly - released
ALEC documents obtained as part of CMD» s open records litigation provide more evidence that lobbyists and special interests are calling the shots within ALEC, undermining that group's latest PR spin that it is a «legislator - driven» organization.
Judging from
the ALEC documents obtained by CMD, along so Compact for America's conspicuous absence from this month's ALEC meeting, the answer appears to be «no.»
Not exact matches
CMD and Common Cause provided the IRS Whistleblower Office with extensive evidence
obtained through open records requests, original research and public financial
documents detailing intentional misuse of
ALEC by the Exxon to advance legislation of direct benefit to the company.
According to an internal
ALEC tracking
document,
obtained by this reporter,
ALEC tracked seventeen states that introduced language relating to this issue so far this year, with eight states already adopting bills that reflect
ALEC's position.
The names of hundreds of members of the American Legislative Exchange Council («
ALEC»), details of which are closely guarded by the group, are revealed in a
document obtained by
Documented through a public records request.
Documents obtained by CMD found that
ALEC had received at least $ 504,700 from Koch Industries between 1995 and 1998, adding up to nearly $ 1 million from Koch - Controlled Foundations between 1998 and 2012.
The Center for Media and Democracy's (CMD)
obtained an internal tracking
document from the American Legislative Exchange Council (
ALEC), dated March 2014 (See.
Below are financial underwriters of
ALEC's meeting, taking place at one of the largest resorts on the West Coast, along with the rates from another
document obtained by CMD, ranging from $ 5,000 to $ 100,000.
At least two of the bill's four authors, Michael Beard and Steve Drazkowski, have served on
ALEC task forces, according to
documents obtained by Common Cause, a citizen's lobbying organization.
ALEC has since distanced itself from the language in the leaked agreement, although it is known that
ALEC staff did present the
document for board approval, but according to the meeting agenda
obtained by CMD, another Peabody lobbyist at the meeting, Kelly Mader, advised those present on the «roles and responsibilities» of being an
ALEC state chair.
An internal tracking
document —
obtained from the American Legislative Exchange Council (
ALEC) by the Center for Media and Democracy under Texas public records law — reveals the scope of
ALEC's anti-environmental efforts in 2014.
Leaked
documents obtained by Greenpeace reveal that
ALEC's anti-environmental jamboree was inundated with coal money and featured an Indiana regulator advising coal utilities on delaying US Environmental Protection Agency rules to control greenhouse gas emissions and hazardous air pollution.
Publicly described as an «
ALEC Academy,»
documents obtained by CMD show the legislators were accompanied on a chartered flight by a gaggle of oil - industry lobbyists, were served lunch by Shell Oil, dinner by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, and that the expenses of the trip were paid for by TransCanada and other corporations and groups with a direct financial interest in the Alberta tar sands and the proposed Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline.
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ALEC listed the company as part of its Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force until it allegedly terminated its membership on January 14, 2013 because its «merged with Duke; new contacts» (Duke remained an
ALEC member), according to an August 2013 board
document obtained by The Guardian.