The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meets in Washington, DC this week for its States and Nation Policy Summit, which is one of the ways ALEC crafts and pushes its legislative agenda for the coming year. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz -- who helped push the country to the brink of financial default to thwart the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- headlines the conference on Thursday, December 5. Failed vice-presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and his Senator counterpart Ron Johnson (R-WI) will also address the crowd. But what will happen behind closed doors during the meeting? ALEC posted part of its legislative agendas for the meeting for the first time this month, while continuing to hide its funders and corporate authors of special interest legislation, as the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has reported. On ALECs agenda for 2014 are the following priorities and bills (which will become official ALEC models once passed by the task forces -- with corporate lobbyists voting as equals alongside state legislators -- and approved by the board of directors)...
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:33:29 +0000
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