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Lisa Graves Comments on Legislation Drafted by Secretive Corporate-Lawmaker Coalition, ALEC
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14:48Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org - This week the Center for Media and Democracy released 800 model bills, legislation that is straight out of the corporate playbook and drafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council. The group's membership includes both state lawmakers and corporate executives who gather behind closed doors to discuss and vote on draft legislation. ALEC has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months for its role in crafting bills to attack worker rights, to roll back environmental regulations, privatize education, deregulate major industries and pass voter ID laws. Thanks to ALEC, at least a dozen states have recently adopted a nearly identical resolution asking Congress to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop regulating carbon emissions. Democracy Now! interviews Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media Democracy.
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