News Stories on ALEC Trips
Utah Lawmakers uneasy about taking trips. Rebecca Walsh. The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah: Jul 19, 2003. pg. B.6. Three lawmakers will go to the American Legislative Exchange Council meeting in Washington, D.C. Taxpayers will pick up the $4,000 tab.
Las Vegas trip by lawmakers raises eyebrows. By Kevin O'hanlon, Associated Press, March 27, 2003. Jack Gould, of the political watchdog group Common Cause, said lawmakers should be wary of appearances.
Letter gets senators to report free trips. NANCY HICKS. Lincoln Journal Star. Lincoln, Neb.: Apr 5, 2003. pg. 01.02. More than a dozen state senators reported free out-of-state trips this week, Many to American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, conferences. Accountability and Disclosure Commission executive director Frank Daley investigates whetehr the ALEC funding mechanism violates state law.
Funding for Vegas trip faces review. Leslie Reed. Omaha World - Herald. Omaha, Neb.: Apr 3, 2003. pg. 5.b. A state regulatory agency to review the funding method used to pay 13 lawmakers' way to an ALEC conference at a Las Vegas casino.
Thirteen Nebraska legislators need a different sort of seminar. Harold W. Andersen. Omaha World - Herald. Omaha, Neb.: Apr 3, 2003. pg. 9.b. Critique of legislators and funding method to an ALEC conference at a Las Vegas casino.
Senators' Vegas trip drawing critics' ire. Leslie Reed Robynn Tysver. Omaha World - Herald. Omaha, Neb.: Mar 28, 2003. pg. 1.a. Thirteen Nebraska lawmakers will attend a conference at a casino that wants to build in Omaha.
Senators' trip leaves bad impression. The Independant. Sunday, March 30, 2003. The lawmakers' tab is being picked up ALEC. The funding for the trip comes from big business. So while ALEC touts its conference as a place to get educated about issues, it's also about giving its business partners an opportunity to lobby state legislators.
Corporations Aim to Influence Lawmakers at Disney World Conference. U.S. Newswire. Washington: Jul 25, 2002. pg. 1. Despite state budget crunches, many lawmakers are attending the annual ALEC conference at taxpayer expense. They will be joined by platoons of lobbyists, corporate executives, and representatives of trade and professional associations who give tens of thousands of dollars each to ALEC for access to the lawmakers.
Trips Go On Despite Cuts. REBECCA WALSH. The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah: Jul 4, 2002. pg. A.1. At least 16 will fly to the American Legislative Exchange Council's annual meeting in the Florida home of Disneyworldand the EpcotCenter. Four conference-goers are lame ducks.
Legislators Ask Lobbyists to Pay For Another Trip. PAUL ROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN- WELLS. The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City: Jul 16, 1999. pg. E.1. A letter from elected officials to an estimated 100 corporations and lobbyists asks for $125 a head to send Utah lawmakers to a ALEC national conference in Nashville, Tenn.
Burns lobbies lobbyists, firms to help pay group's tab. Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services. Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Ariz: Apr 25, 1999. pg. 1.B. The Glendale Republican is soliciting cash from executives of several firms, including U S West, Viad, Asarco and Coca-Cola, to offset the costs of the meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Legislators seek exemption from gift law. Tom Humphrey, News-Sentinel Nashville bureau. News Sentinel. Knoxville: Feb 23, 1999. pg. A.4. State law does include a ban on corporate political contributions and on political fund raising during legislative sessions and a prohibition on gifts to legislators from lobbyists or their employers. Boyer said there was concern that Tennessee legislators attending the August ALEC conference could be prohibited from accepting food, beverages or other gifts provided through sponsorship of corporations that hire lobbyists.
News Stories on ALEC Policy
New Government Gag Rule Added to Ohio Budget Bill without Public Hearing;Bill Restricts Agencies from Providing Public Information. ALEC bill to restrict state, county and municipal agencies in Ohiofrom providing information that is currently freely available was added to the state budget bill without a public hearing.
Provision In State Budget Bill Could Limit Access To Public Info. Diane Richey Columbus Bureau. Dayton Daily News. Dayton, Ohio: Apr 25, 2003. pg. B.1. ALEC bill to prevent government agencies from providing information or services on the Internet if two or more private businesses are selling the same data.
ALEC Named Clean Air `Villain'; Industry-Backed StateLawmakers Seek to Gut Clean Air Act. U.S. Newswire. Washington: Aug 13, 2003. pg. 1. ALEC underwritten by big polluters and other corporations and is lobbying to gut the Clean Air Act.
On Earth Day: ALEC Releases New Report on Global Warming and Kyoto Protocol;KyotoProtocol 'Environmentally Irrelevant'. U.S. Newswire. Washington: Apr 22, 2002. pg. 1. ALEC is critical of exaggerated global warming arguments, arguing more people die from cold temperatures than heat. Quote: “Global warming could actually save lives.”
Climate change at Exxon Oil giant's cash fuels global-warming skeptics. Jennifer 8. Lee. International Herald Tribune. Paris: May 29, 2003. pg. 12. Exxon gives more than $1 million a year to groups like ALEC who then question global warming.
Legislators team to combat smart, and rich, ALEC. Toledo Blade. By Jim Drew, June 29th. ALICE is working with others to combat the right.
Environmentalists warn of 'Trojan horse'. Mike Soraghan Denver Post Washington Bureau.
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