ALEC Offshoot Tries to Hijack Local Governments
After forty years of pushing corporate-friendly policy in state legislatures, this week the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is launching...
Category: Lobbyists
ALEC Agenda: Medicaid, Schools, and Exporting Our Gas
ALEC holds its 41st annual meeting in Dallas, Texas starting on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. At this largest of its...
Meet the Banking Caucus, Wall Street’s secret weapon in Washington
Every business sector has its friends in Washington. Financial companies — from the biggest megabanks to small payday lenders —...
The National Restaurant Association Spends Big to Keep Wages Low
A majority of the Senate voted to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour recently, yet the bill failed...
UAW President Bob King: Americans are starting to catch on to ALEC’s anti-worker agenda
Organized labor has been under attack for decades, with devastating results for the middle class. Wages have not kept up...
Koch-backed lobbying group’s aggressive new plan to take down the EPA, revealed
The Koch-backed, right-wing lobbying group, ALEC, is planning a coordinated attack on the EPA’s plan to limit carbon emissions from...
Big Oil Spends Millions Lobbying for Its Subsidies
A new chart released by Stop Fooling California reveals that the oil industry, including the Western States Petroleum Association, Chevron,...
