AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL (ALEC)

Running things like ALEC, Tax-Payer and Corporate funded, the Council of State Governments (CSG); in a 2012 Biography, state they had a Collaboration with ALEC

Before ALEC even existed the Council of State Governments was taking tax-payers money to create a collaboration with big corporations/their donors in writing legislations. At some point in your life some Governor or Elected Officials will say they can’t afford some kind of spending but then they didn’t tell they are spending our tax dollars … Continue reading →

Tax Payers funded and Corporate funded, Southern States Energy Board, with ALEC adopt Word for Word model from another Corporate Sponsored and Tax-Payer funded Council of State Governments another group that resembles ALEC

Southern States Energy Board, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and Council of State Governments (CSG) are all corporate funded but two are also state funded. Well, then again depended on where you live you, ALEC in some states I’ve seen has received money from state. This takes lobbying to another level and somewhere actual citizens/tax … Continue reading →

Nikki Haley tried to stop State Agencies that employ Attorneys from paying South Carolina Bar Association dues and yet SCDHEC gets thousands earmarked yearly including funds from Stimulus to pay Membership dues to a group that references ALEC

Nikki Haley tried to stop agencies that employ attorneys from paying membership dues the South Carolina Bar Association and yet year after the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) got funds earmarked to be used as memberships dues a health group that references and tries to be like the political group American Legislative Exchange Council … Continue reading →

2008-2012 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s state contributions or paid expenses to South Carolina Candidates such as Nikki Haley, also included Candidates from other states

The following campaign contributions came directly from American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Only $75 was contributed from an employee working for ALEC. ALEC is a 501 c 3 group, prohibited from such activity.

Was it a test to see if they could get away it, Old FEC records Reveal trick/False Information by Heritage Foundation and American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to make Campaign Contributions

And no this is not the Heritage Action for America the lobbyist group that the Heritage Foundation created. The group Heritage Action for America was created in 2010. The FEC records I have are well over a decade old long before the Heritage action was a twinkle in the eyes of Heritage Foundation.

*** By the way how is it a group that is prohibited from being directly involved in politics can turn around and create a group to do just that. The things that should be investigated. RED FLAGS here

There are certain guidelines concerning campaign contributions, and perhaps it was a test to see what these two Republican organizations, the Heritage Foundation and American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) could get away with, especially when you consider they file as tax-exempt under 501 c 3 rules. Following statements concerning necessary information for individual donors comes … Continue reading →

The Danger of Conservative\Libertarian ALEC Lying They are Bi-Partisan, They were able to Receive Correspondence from Justice Department on a Hearing Involving Guns

American Legislative Executive Council (ALEC) is very far from being the bi-partisan group they describe themselves as. ALEC even blatantly lies about the date they were created and the person who created. In an earlier blog titled: “Clarification, The Actual Date When ALEC was Created is Different From Their Website” looks at how ALEC has … Continue reading →

South Carolina allows Several Conservative and Libertarian Groups like Norquist’s Americans For Tax Reforms, Koch Brothers’s Freedom Works, ALEC, and Many More Including One Hate Group to Declare themselves as Charities, Raising Millions

Have you heard any Conservative/Libetarian organization or Conservative/Libertarian Think Tank giving to the poor? I know I haven’t. It’s more they rob from the poor to give to the Rich. I have included a list of several Republican ThinkTanks from ALEC; Grover Norquist’s AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM, to Koch Brothers Freedom Works. I have included … Continue reading →

George W. Bush Appointed a Member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to the Justice Department

When George W. Bush enter into office he did what none of the previous Presidents had never done. George Bush nominated a member of the organization (ALEC) that promotes state sovereignty and unfair immigration laws. ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council is a corporate sponsored group, by companies like Koch Industries, Boeing, and AT & t. … Continue reading →

Tennessee Government Allows the American Legislative Exchange Council to Solicit Donations as a Charity

` The groups listed are the groups we would expect to be a charity. We recognize and understand their purpose. ALEC is another matter, when you considered it involves major corporations paying enormous fees to work with state lawmakers writing our laws. Many if not all of the Tennessee’s Conservative or Republican lawmakers among the … Continue reading →

Tennessee Government Has Given Money to American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as a Vendor , Records show up to 2012

American Legislative Elective Council (ALEC) is an organization involving major corporations and state lawmakers writing laws such as immigration. Its politics are Conservative and Libertarian. ALEC labels themselves as a 501 c 3 group to keep a tax-exempt status, however their actions seem to support the ideal they are nothing more than lobbyists. In previous … Continue reading →

Tennessee Government Records Show They Gave Money to the American Legislative Elective Council (ALEC)

American Legislative Elective Council (ALEC) is an organization involving major corporations and state lawmakers writing laws such as immigration. Its politics are Conservative and Libertarian. ALEC labels themselves as a 501 c 3 group to keep a tax-exempt status, however their actions seem to support the ideal they are nothing more than lobbyists. In previous … Continue reading →

Old letter shows ALEC, Ran by Some Major Corporations and Republican State Law Makers, Calling for States to Hold a Constitutional Convention to Propose an Amendment to United States Constitution

In 1995 the so-call 501 c 3 group who would say they are not a political activist group gathered 219 economists as a part of a letter they sent to the United States Senate, while also calling for the states to hold a Constitutional Convention to get a Balanced Budget Amendment proposed to the Constitution. … Continue reading →

In 2012 When the Koch Brother’s Couldn’t get Their Way, Copy of ALEC’s Brief to the United States Supreme Court , and then Attack Florida Supreme Court Liberal Justices

Koch Brother, and companies like Exxon spend millions on campaigns, candidates, different political groups, lobbying, etc. and yet cry about providing health care to the people who make them their money, the employee. The United States Supreme court dealt with many major cases, and one of these cases was handled by the Florida Supreme Court, … Continue reading →

George W. Bush Presidency, Further Look into ALEC’s Influencing Laws at the Federal Level, Part 3 to be continued…

ALEC has declared they do not lobby to protect their tax free status as a 501 c 3 charity group. ALEC is made of major corporations like Koch Industries who are writing state laws with state legislatures. This blog and previous blogs looks at supporting evidence that ALEC interest in our government goes beyond our … Continue reading →

John Boehner ‘s Office Records Document He Represents ALEC on Killing the Health Care law and Mandate, ALEC’s Working at the Federal Level Part 2

John Boehner has been called out time and time again for his poor leadership and being led by certain groups like the Tea Party.  However upon researching the leader apparently he is more influenced by controversial organization, the American Legislative Elective Council (ALEC) .  One of the issues John Boehner has pushed on the behalf … Continue reading →

United States Congressmen Rob Bishop Pushes ALEC’s Agenda for 2013 as a Part of the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ debates, PART 1 ALEC’s Involvement on the Federal Level

There had been much talk of the Fiscal Cliff, and John Boehner’s failure to rally Republicans and the Tea Party. Republicans have been out of sorts for weeks, rather than being a Party that should be concerned about the American people they are a party concerned about the top percent they have always represented. Last … Continue reading →

Arizona’s Records Show more than One Lobbyist Reporting fees Involving the AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL (ALEC), a Homeland Security Fact Sheet mentioning ALEC, document showing ALEC and Grover Norquist’s ATR National Involvement in Electronic Commerce on the internet, etc., etc., etc.

Fennemore Craig PC is are lawyers and lobbyist that work a great deal in immigration in Arizona as well as other states. AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL (ALEC) files taxes as a 501 (c) 3 group as if it were a charity. 501(c)(3) organizations are restricted in how much political and legislative (lobbying) activities they may … Continue reading →