Sentences with phrase «alec drafted»

ALEC Drafted a resolution (PDF) resisting the EPA's efforts to classify coal ash as a hazardous material.

ALEC drafted a resolution (PDF) designed to limit federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.

The ALEC draft document for this week's Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Meeting encourages state policymakers to recognize the value the electric grid delivers to all and to update net metering policies to require everyone who uses the grid, such as distributed solar users who feed into it, to pay for it.

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Opening Plenary The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is known for drafting conservative model educational legislation in states.

Currently there are at least five different bills drafted by ALEC that use various approaches to divert public funds to private schools.

According to ALEC, the bill was drafted by Bryan Flood of K12 along with Mickey Revenaugh of Connections Academy, then - Colorado Representative Don Lee (now a lobbyist for K12, see [below]-RRB-, «and the rest of the Subcommittee.»»

«In 2004 when the «model» bill was drafted and approved, both K12 Inc. and Connections Academy were part of the «School Choice Subcommittee of ALEC's Education Task Force, according to an archived version of ALEC's website from February 2005.

These corporate funded gifts paid for Rep. Vaad's travel to ALEC's conferences, where lobbyists draft model legislation in partnership with state legislators.

The «Draft Resolution Recommending Constitutional Amendment Restoring Election Of U.S. Senators To The Legislatures Of The Sovereign States» would be debated by ALEC's Federalism and International Relations Task Force.

ALEC has cheered on the idea of a «Con Con» for years, passing multiple resolutions calling for changes to the constitution, hosting workshops and handbooks and even draft resolutions laying out proposed rules of procedure.

Ultimately, the ALEC board drafted a letter in response to the quarreling groups declining to revoke anyone's membership and chastising them to «behave with civility and professionalism» and «honor their commitments to each other.»

ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) is an example where even some RINOs and Tea Party members are pushing back against ALEC's «cookie cutter drafted legislation» (one size fits all) to push back and even eliminate renewable energy efforts.

Answer: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a lobbying group that is active in drafting and advocating controversial state legislation.

ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force is drafting new model bills on behalf of its members like Duke Energy, ExxonMobil, Koch Industries and Peabody.

The biggest push is coming from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a 40 - year - old industry group with free - market views that drafts and pushes legislation and that sees renewable energy mandates as an overreach of government authority.

Dozens of reports, drafted by BHI and released by SPN member think tanks at the state level, promote the agenda contained in the model legislation from ALEC.

[27][28] ALEC has worked closely with the Heartland Institute in its attempts to deny and spin climate change, for example drafting model legislation that would require schools to teach climate denial to children.

ALEC is a lobbying group known for drafting and advocating controversial state legislation, such as «stand your ground» laws.

The Hill notes that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative group that drafts legislative language favoring corporate interests that fund it, is working to overturn the EPA's finding.

ALEC is a corporate bill mill — it brings companies like Duke, Exxon, Koch Industries, Phillip Morris and other bad actors together with conservative state lawmakers in order to draft laws.

ALEC is not only responsible for drafting model state laws attacking renewable energy programs and climate policies, it is also intentionally crafting and supporting Voter ID bills and other legislation designed to suppress people from voting and participating in our democracy.