6 Corporate influence and allegations of lobbying activityĪLEC was founded in 1973 in Chicago as the Conservative Caucus of State Legislators a project initiated by Mark Rhoads, an Illinois state house staffer, to counter the Environmental Protection Agency, wage, and price controls, and to respond to the defeat of Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election.3.7 Telecommunications and information technology.3.5 Criminal sentencing and prison management.3.4 Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act.Resulting public pressure led to a number of legislators and corporations withdrawing from the organization.
ĪLEC's activities, while legal, received public scrutiny after news reports from outlets such as The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek described ALEC as an organization that gave corporate interests outsized influence. Many ALEC legislators say the organization converts campaign rhetoric and nascent policy ideas into legislative language. ALEC also serves as a networking tool among certain state legislators, allowing them to research conservative policies implemented in other states. Approximately 200 model bills become law each year. Some of these bills dominate legislative agendas in states such as Arizona, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Maine. 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. ĪLEC 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. 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.
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