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American Legislative Exchange Council

American Legislative Exchange Council
AbbreviationALEC
Formation1973 (1973)
TypeNonprofit organization
Legal status501(c)(3)
Headquarters2900 Crystal Drive, 6th Floor,
Crystal City, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates38°50′49″N 77°03′08″W / 38.8470°N 77.0523°W / 38.8470; -77.0523
National Chair
Daniel Perez (Florida State Representative)
Chief Executive Officer
Lisa Nelson[1]
Revenue (2021)
$9,832,106[2]
Expenses (2021)$8,596,965[2]
WebsiteALEC.org
Formerly called
Conservative Caucus of State Legislators

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a nonprofit organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives who draft and share model legislation for distribution among state governments in the United States.[3][4][5]

ALEC provides a forum for state legislators and private sector members to collaborate on model bills—draft legislation that members may customize and introduce for debate in their own state legislatures.[6][7][8] ALEC has produced model bills on a broad range of issues, such as reducing regulation and individual and corporate taxation, combating illegal immigration, loosening environmental regulations, tightening voter identification rules, weakening labor unions, and opposing gun control.[9][10][11][12] Some of these bills dominate legislative agendas in states such as Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Maine.[13] Approximately 200 model bills become law each year.[9][14] ALEC also serves as a networking tool among certain state legislators, allowing them to research conservative policies implemented in other states.[11] Many ALEC legislators say the organization converts campaign rhetoric and nascent policy ideas into legislative language.[6]

ALEC's activities, while legal,[15] received public scrutiny after news reports in 2012 from outlets such as The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek described ALEC as an organization that gave corporate interests outsized influence.[9][10] Resulting public pressure led to a number of legislators and corporations withdrawing from the organization. In 2022, however, Insider reported that a political commentator addressing the July policy summit of ALEC stated that if the objective of the conservative constitutional convention movement that "is gaining momentum" largely out of public view is successful in its effort to rewrite the constitution, the USA will become the "conservative nation" ALEC has been working toward.[16]

  1. ^ "ALEC Staff". ALEC. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Public Reporting". ALEC. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  3. ^ May, Clifford (August 30, 1987). "Transportation Chief Attacks Congress on Safety". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
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  5. ^ Griffin, Marshall (January 14, 2014). "'Right-to-work' bill praised and blasted in House committee hearing". KBIA. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  6. ^ a b Greenblatt, Alan (December 2011). "ALEC Enjoys A New Wave of Influence and Criticism". Governing. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  7. ^ Pilkington, Ed (November 20, 2013). "Obamacare faces new threat at state level from corporate interest group Alec". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference propubhiv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b c Greeley, Brendan (May 3, 2012). "ALEC's Secrets Revealed; Corporations Flee". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
  10. ^ a b McIntire, Mike (April 21, 2012). "Conservative Nonprofit Acts as a Stealth Business Lobbyist". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  11. ^ a b Kraft, Michael E.; Kamieniecki, Sheldon (2007). Business and environmental policy : corporate interests in the American political system. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-262-61218-0. [ALEC] provide[s] direct assistance to state legislators and firms eager to minimize any state government engagement in environmental protection. ALEC's membership base includes nearly one-third of all sitting state legislators and most of its resources are derived from corporations and trade associations. It offers regular conferences and training sessions but is perhaps best known for drafting model bills that can easily be adopted by an individual state and introduced into a legislature.
  12. ^ Lafer, Gordon (2017). The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time. Cornell University Press. pp. 78–100, 156–171. ISBN 978-1501703065.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference rizzo1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Greenblatt, Alan (October 2003). "What Makes Alec Smart?". Governing. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference pssst was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Grace Panetta, Brent D. Griffiths, Republicans' next big play is to 'scare the hell out of Washington' by rewriting the Constitution. And they're willing to play the long game to win, Insider, July 31, 2022

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