Biotechnology Firm Amgen Becomes The 31st Company To Dump ALEC

Biotechnology Firm Amgen Becomes The 31st Company To Dump ALEC: Amgen, a biotechnology firm with approximately 17,000 employees, joined 30 other companies today that have broken ties with the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC provides “model” legislation, often drafted by industry lobbyists, to state lawmakers with the intention of having those model bills be enacted into law. Although ALEC recently eliminated a task force [...]/p