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** [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations List of ALEC corporations] | ** [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations List of ALEC corporations] | ||
* [http://www.l-a-k-e.org/blog/2012/04/lowndes-county-and-valdosta-history-origins-of-the-old-boys.html Lowndes County GA old boy network and ALEC] | * [http://www.l-a-k-e.org/blog/2012/04/lowndes-county-and-valdosta-history-origins-of-the-old-boys.html Lowndes County GA old boy network and ALEC] | ||
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| + | === Net neutrality === | ||
| + | * [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/isps-claim-to-love-net-neutrality-while-praising-death-of-net-neutrality-rules/ ''Ars Technica'', "Comcast and other ISPs celebrate imminent death of net neutrality rules", 2017/04/26] | ||
| + | * [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fcc-commissioner-tells-alec-to-help-squash-net-neutrality_us_590f7fefe4b046ea176aec9a ''Huffington Post'', "FCC Commissioner Tells ALEC To Help Squash Net Neutrality", 2017/05/08] | ||
| + | * [https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/310145/alec-urges-fcc-to-block-state-broadband-laws.html ''Media Post'', "ALEC Urges FCC To Block State Broadband Laws", 2017/11/13] | ||
| + | * [https://www.alec.org/article/alec-applauds-fcc-efforts-to-restoring-internet-freedom/ ''American Legislative Exchange Council'', "ALEC Applauds FCC Efforts to Restoring Internet Freedom", 2017/11/21] | ||
| + | * [https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/12/koch-nonprofit-presidents-anti-net-neutrality-campaign/ ''Open Secrets'', "Koch nonprofit president’s anti-net neutrality campaign", 2017/12/13] | ||
Revision as of 01:39, 16 December 2017
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is an association of state legislators and corporations.
Contents
History
Notable members
State legislators
Corporations
- AES Corporation
- Amazon (cut ties)
- Amoco
- Amway
- AT&T
- Bank of America (cut ties)
- Bell Helicopter
- Boeing
- BP America (cut ties)
- Charter Communications
- Chevron
- Comcast
- DCI Group (associated with Michael Connell's companies)
- Dow Chemical
- Exxon
- Fidelity Investments
- GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut's private prison division)
- Google (cut ties)
- Koch Industries
- Microsoft (cut ties)
- Monsanto
- Northrop Grumman (cut ties)
- Pfizer
- Shell
- Time Warner Cable
- Union Pacific Corporation (cut ties)
- Verizon
- Wal-Mart (cut ties)
- Williams Companies
Trade groups
Law firms
Non-profits
Conferences
Lobbying efforts
Political connections
Financiers
- Charles and David Koch
Lobbying allies
- US Chamber of Commerce
- Karl Rove
- Club for Growth
Officials and politicians
- Jack Kemp
- Tom DeLay
- Donald Rumsfeld
- John Boehner
- Katherine Harris
- Sonny Perdue - made governor of Georgia in the suspect 2002 Georgia election
- Tom Feeney
- Scott Walker
- Donald Trump administration (source)
- Mike Pence
- Scott Pruitt
- Tom Price
- Nikki Haley
- Rick Perry
- Mike Pompeo
References
External links
- Sourcewatch pages on ALEC
- Lowndes County GA old boy network and ALEC
Net neutrality
- Ars Technica, "Comcast and other ISPs celebrate imminent death of net neutrality rules", 2017/04/26
- Huffington Post, "FCC Commissioner Tells ALEC To Help Squash Net Neutrality", 2017/05/08
- Media Post, "ALEC Urges FCC To Block State Broadband Laws", 2017/11/13
- American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC Applauds FCC Efforts to Restoring Internet Freedom", 2017/11/21
- Open Secrets, "Koch nonprofit president’s anti-net neutrality campaign", 2017/12/13
