ALEC provides a forum for corporations, foundations and legislators to collaborate on " model bills "— draft legislation which provide examples of language that can be adopted in actual bills.

In 2003, a conservative Texas legislative reform group, the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ), proposed the " Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act " which defined an " animal rights or ecological terrorist organization " as " two or more persons organized for the purpose of supporting any politically motivated activity intended to obstruct or deter any person from participating in an activity involving animals or an activity involving natural resources.

Since 2011, it has also produced news stories about the American Legislative Exchange Council as part of CMD's ALEC Exposed investigation and about Wisconsin's policy controversies, as CMD is located in the state's capital.

The American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ) is a 501 ( c )( 3 ) American organization composed of conservative legislators, businesses and foundations which produces model legislation for state legislatures and promotes free-market and conservative ideas.

In a special report on ALEC, Bill Moyers summarized it as " an organization hiding in plain sight, yet one of the most influential and powerful in American politics.

In 1975, under the auspices of the American Conservative Union, ALEC registered as a federal non-profit agency.

* In the field of education policy, ALEC authors the Report Card on American Education.

Daniel Smith, representing Altria, sits on the Private Enterprise Board of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ).

Jeffery Bond, representing PhRMA, sits on the Private Enterprise Board of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ).

The American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ) identifies Thompson in the form of one of its success stories, being important to the organization in its formative years.

He is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ), a national association of legislators.

He is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC, a national association of legislators.

Lisa A. Sano Blocker, representing Energy Future Holdings, sits on the Private Enterprise Board of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ).

Reynolds is on record as a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ).

Scantron was a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ) from 2010 until it resigned from the organization in 2012.

Russell Smolden, representing Salt River Project, sits on the Private Enterprise Board of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ).

The American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ), a national association of state legislators, may pass a resolution opposing national standards.

:# March 2, 2004: " Dr No and the spectre of ALEC ": An investigation into the influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council in the Wisconsin legislature.

Kiffmeyer is also the current state chairwoman for the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ) and serves as the only board member of the Minnesota Voter's Alliance, a political group that lobbied for the Minnesota voter ID bill which Kiffmeyer authored in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

David Powers, representing Reynolds American, sits on the Private Enterprise Board of the American Legislative Exchange Council ( ALEC ) as Treasurer.

" ALEC wrote to the Australian government stating that US legislators opposed the requirements for plain packaging.

Henry Hyde, who later became a U. S. Congressman, and Lou Barnett, who later became National Political Director of Ronald Reagan's Political Action Committee, also helped to found ALEC.

ALEC currently has more than 2, 000 legislative members representing all 50 states, amounting to nearly one-third of all sitting legislators, as well as more than 85 members of Congress and 14 sitting or former governors who are considered " alumni ".

On July 21, 2011, Terry Gross interviewed Louisiana Representative Noble Ellington, then the national chairman of ALEC, about the role of the group's corporate members in drafting legislation and ALEC policy ( prior to the leaking of its internal bill library ) of not revealing the names of its members or of the legislators who attend its conferences.

The New York Times wrote that " special interests effectively turn ALEC ’ s lawmaker members into stealth lobbyists, providing them with talking points, signaling how they should vote, and collaborating on bills affecting hundreds of issues like school vouchers and tobacco taxes.

ALEC also claims approximately 300 corporate, foundation, and other private-sector members.

In addition to the staff and members, ALEC has a board of scholars that advises and alerts the staff and members to upcoming issues.

* ALEC publishes a monthly magazine for its members entitled Inside ALEC.

ALEC also serves as a networking tool among state legislators, allowing them to research the handling and " best practices " of policy in other states.

ALEC first came into being in Chicago as the " Conservative Caucus of State Legislators ", a project initiated by Mark Rhoads, an assistant to an Illinois state senator.

* On state economic competitiveness, ALEC has published, Rich States, Poor States, now in its fourth edition.

Legislation to impose restrictive photo ID requirements has been prepared by the conservative organization ALEC and circulated to conservative state legislators.

In 2012, Walter Mondale, former Democratic Vice President of the United States, and Arne Carlson, former Republican governor of Minnesota, referred in an op-ed piece to the political activities of the Koch family and ALEC, saying:

PRWatch. org is a sister site of CMD's ALECexposed. org ( a clearinghouse for information about bills and news about ALEC ), SourceWatch. org ( a specialized wiki that includes original research on corporations, policymakers, and policies, especially on environmental and economic issues ), BanksterUSA. org ( a website devoted to analysis of the financial crisis and Wall Street reform proposals ), and FoodRightsNetwork. org ( which is focused on information about the use of sewage sludge on crops ).

ALEC has produced model legislation on issues such as reducing corporate regulation and taxation, tightening voter identification rules, streamlining environmental protections, and promoting gun rights.

ALEC responded by denying that it engaged in lobbying, and arguing that liberal groups were attacking ALEC because " they don't have a comparable group that is as effective as ALEC in enacting policies into law.

The chairmanship of ALEC is a rotating position, with a new legislator appointed to the position each year.

The current chair of ALEC is David Frizzell, a member of the Indiana House of Representatives.

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