Subject: [big campaign] ALEC NV report is live - please pile on.
From: Aniello Alioto <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 10:11:24 -0400
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> From: "Brian Fadie, ProgressNow Nevada" <[email-masked]>
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> 
> Dear Aniello,
> 
> What is the American Legislative Exchange Council?
> 
> Well, if the people at ALEC had their way you would never know.
> 
> ALEC is a secretive, right-wing organization that brings together hundreds of corporate lobbyists and thousands of state legislators, puts them in a room where they all have an equal voice and vote, and create laws to be introduced in state houses across the country.
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> It’s shadowy, it’s massive, and it has been going on for 40 years.
> 
> Today ProgressNow Nevada released a report titled “ALEC Exposed in Nevada” that details the known influence ALEC has had in Carson City, including donations to legislators, leadership positions in ALEC, and side-by-side comparisons of ALEC bills as introduced in Nevada.
> 
> Read the report here, and then take action here.
> 
> Some of the key findings of the report:
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> The Nevada Legislative Commission has paid membership dues to ALEC since 1993. Current public records do not extend back to 1993, so it is impossible to ascertain how many taxpayer dollars have been spent on ALEC, but dues for fiscal year 2012 cost $1,000.
> At least 10 current members of the Nevada Legislature have ties to ALEC. Notable past legislative members include Senator Bill Raggio (ALEC’s 1993 National Chairman), Speaker Joe Dini, Governor Jim Gibbons, and Congressman Jon Porter.
> ALEC legislation has been introduced to influence education, healthcare, voting rights, worker’s rights, and gun laws in Nevada, among others.
> Read the full report here then take action here.
> 
> ALEC has flown under the radar for so long few people have ever heard of them. But thanks to the work of groups like Center for Media and Democracy, Common Cause, People for the American Way and others who have produced the award winning ALEC Exposed project new information is coming to light every day.
> 
> Our report stands on their shoulders and we thank them for all their work.
> 
> Please check out the "ALEC Exposed in Nevada" report here.
> 
> Yours in progress,
> 
> Brian Fadie
> Executive Director
> ProgressNow Nevada
> 
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