The American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known by the anaacronym ALEC, is a secretive, right-wing stealth lobbying organization established in 1975. It is a forum to allow the corporate members who fund the organization to write model laws that favor their agenda. ALEC meetings are an opportunity for the corporate leaders to meet and provide large campaign donations to favorable member legislators. Member legislators then submit these model bills under their own name to their various bodies as if they had written the bills themselves. The organization escapes anti-lobbying laws by terming their influence as "Education."
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| - The American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known by the anaacronym ALEC, is a secretive, right-wing stealth lobbying organization established in 1975. It is a forum to allow the corporate members who fund the organization to write model laws that favor their agenda. ALEC meetings are an opportunity for the corporate leaders to meet and provide large campaign donations to favorable member legislators. Member legislators then submit these model bills under their own name to their various bodies as if they had written the bills themselves. The organization escapes anti-lobbying laws by terming their influence as "Education." Most of ALEC's activity is with state level legislators, where ostensibly there is less organized defense against these bills and weaker, more malleable politicians. Because of their organized, well funded approach, ALEC has had a high success rate spreading similar bills from state to state. Those state legislators then advance to higher positions of power where they can continue the agenda. For obvious reasons, most corporations and legislators choose to hide their membership in the organization. Common Cause, a non-partisan organization has spent years tracking ALEC, its laws and membership. In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, Florida's Stand-your-ground law was traced back to its ALEC origin. Many identities were revealed in early 2012. As names were named, many corporations and legislators dropped their membership and rushed to distance themselves from their previous participation in ALEC. This list includes members whose identity primarily has become known through internal documents leaked to Common Cause and research by members of the press.
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