Occupy Wall Street Outs ALEC Corporations | Common Dreams
"The protesters were there to ask Pfizer to cut its ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC brings together major U.S. corporations and right-wing legislators to craft and vote on "model legislation" behind closed doors. These cookie-cutter bills are then introduced in statehouses across the land with no disclosure of their origins in ALEC. ALEC's voter ID bill, anti-union bills, anti-immigrant bills and specialized corporate tax breaks have garnered a great deal of scrutiny in 2011, thanks in part to CMD's ALEC Exposed project which unveiled over 800 model bills."
