Legislative-Infrastructure

ALEC Membership Reaches 2,000+ State Legislators - Represents One-Quarter to One-Third of All State Legislators Nationwide

2000-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

By 2000, ALEC’s membership had grown to include over 2,000 state legislators, representing approximately one-quarter to one-third of all state legislators nationwide (out of approximately 7,400 total state legislators across all 50 states). This level of penetration meant that in most state …

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American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Founded as Systematic State-Level Corporate Influence Platform

1973-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

ALEC was strategically established in September 1973 by Paul Weyrich, Henry Hyde, and Lou Barnett as a pioneering corporate-legislative coordination mechanism. Developed from the Powell Memorandum’s blueprint, ALEC created a novel ‘model legislation’ approach allowing corporations …

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