Sentences with phrase «american legislative»

Less a new assault inspired by the Republican - led backlash against green energy under way in Washington, D.C., it's the continuation of campaigns by conservative groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council, Americans for Prosperity and the Heartland Institute with ties to the fossil fuel billionaires, the Koch brothers.

Those who received DonorsTrust funding included media outlets such as the Franklin Center and the Lucy Burns Institute, as well as think tanks such as SPN itself, the Heartland Institute, Illinois Policy Institute, Independence Institute, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, South Carolina Policy Council, American Legislative Exchange Council, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, and the Cascade Policy Institute.

SPN, its member affiliates, and SPN - related entities such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Heritage Foundation, and the Cato Institute, continued to receive funding from the tobacco industry that has continued through at least 2012, according to Altria / Phillip Morris documents.

The Denton ban passed with 59 % of the vote, but Texas state legislators and members of the American Legislative Exchange Council nullified that local initiative and pre-empted.

In May 2012, PRWeek reported that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) hired Edelman to «help it deal with recent corporate fallout and opposition to its legislative positions.»

Fossil fuel interests are working through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to repeal state clean energy mandates, called Renewable Portfolio Standards.

At the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 2015 annual meeting in San Diego, California, dirty energy companies and their supporters — including ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Duke Energy — continue to dominate the funding of activities, according to a list of conference sponsors obtained jointly by the Center for Media and Democracy and Greenpeace.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has secretly lobbied for the adoption of its corporate - backed bills and tracked them for years, is likely anticipating or actually under an IRS examination, says a former head of the IRS Exempt Organizations division, Marcus Owens.

Glenn Vaad received an American Legislative Exchange Council «State Legislator of the Year» Award in 2012.

Over at least the past five years, the Kochs and Koch - backed groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have been pushing to increase the «intent» standard for criminal violations, particularly for so - called «white collar» crime and executive suite criminals.

The John Locke Foundation's Daren Bakst, of their Research Division, gave a presentation to the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force at ALEC's 2010 annual meeting.

Google joined the ranks of a growing number of major corporations on Monday when it announced that it was ending its affiliation with the right - wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), with Google chairman Eric Schmidt citing ALEC's pattern of «lying» about climate change.

The Kochs have funded a number of nonprofit organizations like the American Legislative Exchange Council, think tanks and legal foundations, which are listed here:

Although SPN's member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, an in - depth investigation reveals that SPN and its state affiliates are major drivers of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)- backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the Koch brothers and the national right - wing network of funders.

His articles focus on money in politics, economic justice, campaign finance reform, fair courts, voting rights, and the activities of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) made headlines last week after Wisconsin Republicans introduced a virtually word - for - word copy of the ALEC «model» Right to Work Act, following on the heels of Michigan and other states that have taken up the ALEC - inspired anti-union measures in recent years.

This year, the American Legislative Exchange Council «s winter meeting, which it calls the «States and Nation Policy Summit,» will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa from December 2 - 4.

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.

ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Counsel) claims that it will have a record 1,000 people at the summit, which will feature keynote speeches from Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Senator Lamar Alexander (R - TN), and former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, as well as a host of supply - side economists and economic analysts.

In August 2011, Ferguson spoke on «Benefit Analysis of CO2» [1](previously known as «Warming Up to Climate Change: The Many Benefits of Increased Atmospheric CO2» [2]-RRB- at the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force meeting at the 2011 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Annual Meeting.

-- American Legislative Executive Council (ALEC), 2015

Cheniere Energy has been a member of the Koch - funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and has held a seat on the pay - to - play organization's Energy task force.

This is already having its effect: «Shell announced this summer that it would not renew its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, a free - enterprise group that has opposed government mandates, subsidies and other efforts to force or encourage companies to develop and use more renewable energy sources.

Whereas, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) policy on free trade acknowledges that, «the imposition of artificial barriers to free and open trade... are deterrents to American economic interests;» and Whereas, a longstanding, close tri-lateral relationship, codified in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), has existed between the United States,...

Although SPN's member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, the Center for Media and Democracy's in - depth investigation, «EXPOSED: The State Policy Network — The Powerful Right - Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government,» reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right - wing, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)- backed corporate agenda in state houses nationwide, with deep ties to the Koch brothers and the national right - wing network of funders.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), allows member corporations to pay to ghostwrite model legislation and then promote it in states around the country, mostly among right - wing state legislators.

The Colorado bill was based on a model bill from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate - funded group dedicated to passing legislation approved by ALEC's corporate funders, including fracking companies like Chesapeake Energy.

According to another New York Times report, «Energy experts said prosecutors may decide to investigate companies that chose to fund or join organizations that questioned climate science or policies designed to address the problem, such as the Global Climate Coalition and the American Legislative Exchange Council.»

One principal witness was a Florida woman connected to the American Legislative Exchange Council.»

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) condemns these attacks.

WHEREAS, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) recognizes the importance of protecting intellectual property (IP) rights including patented pharmaceuticals regardless of national borders; and WHEREAS, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) are crucial to the future of the innovation - based economy; and WHEREAS, intellectual property infringement can undermine our...

To accomplish such a fundamental shift in an effort to stall solar growth is very much in line with the philosophy of Koch brothers - funded groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Americans For Prosperity, and similar organizations.

[American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Receptions, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 11, 2011]

Daniel Turner, who worked for the education reform task force of the far - right American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), waves a «Trust Teachers!»

Union Pacific was a «Trustee» level sponsor of 2011 American Legislative Exchange Council Annual Conference, which in 2010, equated to $ 5,000.

SPN groups operate as the policy, communications, and litigation arm of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), giving the cookie - cutter ALEC agenda a sheen of academic legitimacy and state - based support.

It's worth noting that the Koch - funded American Legislative Exchange Council distributed Arizona's controversial racial profiling law, SB 1070, to states around the country so private prison companies can rake a profit off the incarceration of immigrants.

Credo Action delivered a petition to the United Parcel Service with 84,453 signatures earlier today asking the company to dump the American Legislative Exchange Council.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will debate a resolution to repeal the 17th Amendment providing for the direct election of U.S. Senators.

«Reagan Vs. Cities and States: The 20th Century Battle over South African Apartheid» tells the story of how cities and states joined the fight against apartheid in South Africa and won even as the Reagan administration and special interest groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) sought to suppress those efforts.

Bradley effectuates this agenda by funding the $ 8.9 million American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its sister organization, the $ 80 million State Policy Network (SPN).

Reynolds was on the corporate («Private Enterprise») board of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) from 2011 - 2013.

Groups like the Heritage Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and others have joined the Energy Trade Action Coalition, which was established to fight the trade case.

Groups and reporters calling this a victory for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) failed...

American Electric Power and Southern Company are both members of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

In 2012, CMD exposed that «Stand Your Ground» was developed by the NRA in Florida and taken to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as a «model» bill.

Expedia is the latest company to drop support of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

The Manhattan Institute's Senior Fellow and Director of its Center for Medical Progress, Paul Howard, spoke at the 2011 American Legislative Exchange Council Annual Conference in a Workshop titled «Rationing By Any Other Name: Medicare's Independent Payment Advisory Board.»

The Kochsperts must have had a hand in the creation of the RNC Platform, because the list of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)- approved policies in the platform is stunning.

But some of these bills face opposition from other state politicians, and from groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council, Americans for Prosperity, the Heartland Institute, and utility and fossil fuel companies, InsideClimate News reported.