Who's connected to ALEC?
The
American
Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC)
is an American organization composed of legislators,
businesses and foundations which produces model policies for state
legislatures and promotes
free
markets,
limited government, and federalism
at the state level. According to the organization's website, members
share a common belief that "government closest to the people"
is "fundamentally more effective, more just, and a better
guarantor of freedom than the distant, bloated federal government in
Washington, D.C.” In a Dec. 2011 opinion piece critical of ALEC
which appeared in The
Nation magazine,
John Nichols described ALEC as a "collaboration between
multinational corporations and conservative
state legislators."
ALEC
provides a forum for state legislator and corporate members to
collaborate on "model policies"—draft legislation that
members can customize for communities and introduce for debate in
their own state legislatures. Approximately 200 per year become law.
ALEC has produced model policy on issues such as reducing corporate
regulation and taxation, tightening voter
identification rules,
digital due process streamlining or minimizing environmental
protections, over-criminalization
and
promoting gun rights. ALEC also serves as a networking tool among
state legislators, allowing them to research the handling and "best
practices" of policy in other states
Three of the 30 Ohio politicians that are members of
ALEC
Steve
Stivers
R,
U.S. House of Representatives
Ohio
legislators with ALEC ties.
Speaker
William G. Batchelder (R-69), ALEC member
Rep.
Cliff Rosenberger (R-86), ALEC Communications
and Technology Task Force MemberSen.
Bob Peterson (R-17), ALEC Member
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