By Lee Fang and Nick Surgey
The American Legislative Exchange Council is holding a
conference in Washington, D.C., this week, providing a venue for
lobbyists to meet behind closed doors with newly elected state
legislators.
The group, which is celebrating its 45th year, has long shaped state
law, designing bills that imposed three-strikes mandatory sentencing,
restricting the minimum wage, curbing municipal broadband, and other
shared goals in areas of interest to corporate America and the GOP.
Earlier this year, the group put on a corporate-sponsored anniversary
celebration at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, which
featured White House adviser Kellyanne Conway and other administration
officials.
Many of the major donors to the conservative bill-writing
organization, however, have decided to quit their membership, expressing
fear that the group has become too associated with the toxic politics
of the far right.
The latest companies to discontinue financial support for ALEC
include AT&T, Dow Chemical, and Honeywell, spokespersons for the
companies told The Intercept.
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Source: The Intercept_
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