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{{#badges:AEX}}'''<big>Corporations identified as being involved with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since CMD's ALEC Exposed project launched in 2011 -- reliant upon the most recently available documentation or communication -- appear in BOLD below. All connections are footnoted.</big>'''
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{{Show badges|AEX}}'''<big>Corporations identified as being involved with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since CMD's ALEC Exposed project launched in 2011 -- reliant upon the most recently available documentation or communication -- appear in BOLD below. All connections are footnoted.</big>'''
  
 
'''<big>Note that for corporations not in bold, either the corporation has stated that it is no longer involved or documentation on involvement with ALEC is less recent.'''</big>
 
'''<big>Note that for corporations not in bold, either the corporation has stated that it is no longer involved or documentation on involvement with ALEC is less recent.'''</big>
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* '''Admiralty''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Admiralty''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Advance America''', "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
 
* '''Advance America''', "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
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* Advance Financial 24/7, "Director" Level Sponsor of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist/>
 
* [[AES Corporation]], its IPL was a "Vice Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* [[AES Corporation]], its IPL was a "Vice Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* [[Aflac]], lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015.<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep">James Salzer, "[http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-lobbyists-dig-deep-to-feed-lawmakers-at-bi/nmTnn/ Georgia lobbyists dig deep to feed lawmakers at bill-writing meetings]," ''Atlanta Journal Constitution'', June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20070335 Malcolm P. Smith], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
 
* [[Aflac]], lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015.<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep">James Salzer, "[http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-lobbyists-dig-deep-to-feed-lawmakers-at-bi/nmTnn/ Georgia lobbyists dig deep to feed lawmakers at bill-writing meetings]," ''Atlanta Journal Constitution'', June 3, 2015.</ref><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20070335 Malcolm P. Smith], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
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* [[Alpha Natural Resources]]. Alpha bankruptcy filings listed ALEC as a “creditor” of Alpha, but did not provide details on when payments where made. [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/03/13062/chris-horner-revealed-counsel-coal-company-alpha-natural-resources]
 
* [[Alpha Natural Resources]]. Alpha bankruptcy filings listed ALEC as a “creditor” of Alpha, but did not provide details on when payments where made. [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/03/13062/chris-horner-revealed-counsel-coal-company-alpha-natural-resources]
 
* '''Altria Client Services''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Altria Client Services''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
* '''[[Altria Group]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|ALEC Private Enterprise Board member]],<ref name="Private Enterprise Board">American Legislative Exchange Council [[http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Enterprise_Board&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=15553 Private Enterprise Board], organization website, accessed June 9, 2011</ref> co-chair of the [[International Relations Task Force]]<ref name="IRMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, International and Federal Relations Task Force meeting and Federal Relations Working Group, meeting agenda and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>, "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC<ref name="SNPS 2012">American Legislative Exchange Council, 2012 SNPS Sponsors, organizational document, 2012 SNPS Agenda on file with CMD.</ref> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit,<ref name="2014SNPS">American Legislative Exchange Council, [https://www.prwatch.org/files/12-2014_alec_conference_sponsors_.jpg 2014 States and Nation Policy Summit Sponsors], organizational brochure, December 3, 2014.</ref> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''[[Altria Group]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|ALEC Private Enterprise Board member]],<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011">American Legislative Exchange Council [[http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Enterprise_Board&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=15553 Private Enterprise Board], organization website, accessed June 9, 2011</ref> co-chair of the [[International Relations Task Force]]<ref name="IRMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, International and Federal Relations Task Force meeting and Federal Relations Working Group, meeting agenda and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref>, "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC<ref name="SNPS 2012">American Legislative Exchange Council, 2012 SNPS Sponsors, organizational document, 2012 SNPS Agenda on file with CMD.</ref> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit,<ref name="2014SNPS">American Legislative Exchange Council, [https://www.prwatch.org/files/12-2014_alec_conference_sponsors_.jpg 2014 States and Nation Policy Summit Sponsors], organizational brochure, December 3, 2014.</ref> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Alza Corporation]] (now part of [[Johnson & Johnson]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Alza Corporation]] (now part of [[Johnson & Johnson]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Amazon]].com, Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> - announced at a shareholder meeting on May 24, 2012 that it had decided not to renew its membership in ALEC this year.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11534/amazoncom-16th-corporation-dump-alec Amazon.com 16th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', May 24, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Amazon]].com, Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> - announced at a shareholder meeting on May 24, 2012 that it had decided not to renew its membership in ALEC this year.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11534/amazoncom-16th-corporation-dump-alec Amazon.com 16th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', May 24, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* American Chambers Life Insurance<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* American Chambers Life Insurance<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* American Cyanamid Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* American Cyanamid Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* [[American Electric Power]], member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> In December 2015 AEP announced that it would not renew its membership in ALEC.<ref>Dan Gearino, "[http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2015/12/08/aep-drops-memebership-in-conservative-group.html AEP dropping out of conservative lobbying group]," ''Columbus Dispatch'', December 8, 2015.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[American Electric Power]], member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials"/>. AEP rejoined ALEC and [https://documented.net/2018/03/08/revealed-names-alec-lobbyist-legislator-members/ attended the 2017 ALEC annual meeting in Denver, CO], after publicly leaving ALEC in December, 2015.<ref>Dan Gearino, "[http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2015/12/08/aep-drops-memebership-in-conservative-group.html AEP dropping out of conservative lobbying group]," ''Columbus Dispatch'', December 8, 2015.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>  
 
* [[American Express]] Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="1992AR"/> (Second Vice Chairman of [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces#1999|ALEC corporate board]] in 1999<ref name="1999MemberLetter">Michael Flynn, Director of Legislation and Policy, American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/emy82i00/pdf Letter to ALEC Members], April 15, 1999, archived in Tobacco Library, accessed April 2012</ref>)
 
* [[American Express]] Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="1992AR"/> (Second Vice Chairman of [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces#1999|ALEC corporate board]] in 1999<ref name="1999MemberLetter">Michael Flynn, Director of Legislation and Policy, American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/emy82i00/pdf Letter to ALEC Members], April 15, 1999, archived in Tobacco Library, accessed April 2012</ref>)
 
* American Home Products Corp
 
* American Home Products Corp
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* '''Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics''', Member of ALEC [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/>
 
* '''Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics''', Member of ALEC [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/>
 
* Argosy Gaming Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Argosy Gaming Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* '''[[Arizona Public Service Company]]'''(APS)<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/energy-environment-and-agriculture/ Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force], organization website, accessed April 13, 2011. '''This page has been altered by ALEC and no longer contains this information.'''</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced it would end its ALEC membership April 12, 2012,<ref>Jeremy Duda, [http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/12/aps-ending-alec-membership-srp-considers-doing-same/ APS ending ALEC membership; SRP considers doing same], ''Arizona Capitol Times'', April 12, 2012</ref> then rejoined ALEC in November 2012, paying "$7,000 in membership fees and an additional $3,000 to have a seat on ALEC’s [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]," according to the ''Arizona Capitol Times''.<ref>Luige del Puerto, [http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/07/arizona-public-service-aps-quietly-rejoined-alec-american-legislative-exchange-council-months-after-publicly-leaving-in-2012/ Months after publicly leaving ALEC in 2012, APS quietly rejoined], ''Arizona Capitol Times'', November 7, 2013.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''[[Arizona Public Service Company]]'''(APS)<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/energy-environment-and-agriculture/ Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force], organization website, accessed April 13, 2011. '''This page has been altered by ALEC and no longer contains this information.'''</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced it would end its ALEC membership April 12, 2012,<ref>Jeremy Duda, [http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/12/aps-ending-alec-membership-srp-considers-doing-same/ APS ending ALEC membership; SRP considers doing same], ''Arizona Capitol Times'', April 12, 2012</ref> then rejoined ALEC in November 2012, paying "$7,000 in membership fees and an additional $3,000 to have a seat on ALEC’s [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]," according to the ''Arizona Capitol Times''.<ref>Luige del Puerto, [http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/11/07/arizona-public-service-aps-quietly-rejoined-alec-american-legislative-exchange-council-months-after-publicly-leaving-in-2012/ Months after publicly leaving ALEC in 2012, APS quietly rejoined], ''Arizona Capitol Times'', November 7, 2013.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. APS's Katie Prendergas, Rodney Ross, Michael Vargas are listed as "ALEC Private Sector Member"s in a 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
 
* Artemis Exploration<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Artemis Exploration<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Arthur Anderson]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* [[Arthur Anderson]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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* [[AstraZeneca]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Delaware<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> confirmed in response to an April 2013 shareholder question that it decided not to renew its membership in ALEC's task force.<ref>ShareAction, [http://shareaction.org/lobbying_agms#astrazeneca Astra Zeneca], organizational website, accessed August 2014.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[AstraZeneca]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Delaware<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> confirmed in response to an April 2013 shareholder question that it decided not to renew its membership in ALEC's task force.<ref>ShareAction, [http://shareaction.org/lobbying_agms#astrazeneca Astra Zeneca], organizational website, accessed August 2014.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''Asurion''', "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
 
* '''Asurion''', "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
* '''[[AT&T]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/>, [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="TITMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "[http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting]," agenda and meeting materials, July 18, 2011.</ref><ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_SNPS.pdf Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting 2011 States and Nation Policy Summit December 1, 2011 Meeting Draft Minutes], organizational document, April 6, 2012, p. 10, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> member, "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference;<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014. </ref> lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015,<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/> and "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20050502 Kevin F. Curtin], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref> "Trustee's Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''[[AT&T]]''', '''In November, 2018, [https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/alec-corporate-funders-charles-koch/ AT&T confirmed to The Intercept] that it would discontinue its ALEC membership. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.''' [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/>, [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="TITMeetingAgenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, "[http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting]," agenda and meeting materials, July 18, 2011.</ref><ref> American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_SNPS.pdf Telecommunications & Information Technology Task Force Meeting 2011 States and Nation Policy Summit December 1, 2011 Meeting Draft Minutes], organizational document, April 6, 2012, p. 10, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> member, "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference;<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014. </ref> lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015,<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/> and "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20050502 Kevin F. Curtin], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref> "Trustee's Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Atmos Energy''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''Atmos Energy''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* Axiom Strategies, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Axiom Strategies, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
* '''Axon''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''Axon''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. Axon's Esmael Ansari is listed as a "ALEC Private Sector Member" in 2018 email.<ref name="taylor">Melissa Taylor, [Melissa Taylor email to Karen Fann On File at CMD], ''Arizona ALEC List'', July 27, 2018.</ref>
  
 
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* '''B3 Strategies''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].B3's Russell Smoldon is listed as an "ALEC Private Sector Member" in a 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
 
* Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Bank of America]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> Member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - A BofA spokesperson told Walden Asset Management that it was cutting ties to ALEC in November 2012.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11847/bank-america-cuts-ties-alec Bank of America Cuts Ties to ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', November 29, 2012.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Bank of America]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> Member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - A BofA spokesperson told Walden Asset Management that it was cutting ties to ALEC in November 2012.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11847/bank-america-cuts-ties-alec Bank of America Cuts Ties to ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', November 29, 2012.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Barrick Gold Corporation]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Barrick Gold Corporation]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Baxter Healthcare]] Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (a "Director" level sponsor of the 1998 ALEC Annual Conference, but not listed as a "Private Sector Member"<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/xlw76d00/pdf 25th Annual Meeting], organizational brochure, August 18-22, 1998, archived in Tobacco Library, accessed April 2012</ref>)
 
* [[Baxter Healthcare]] Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (a "Director" level sponsor of the 1998 ALEC Annual Conference, but not listed as a "Private Sector Member"<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/xlw76d00/pdf 25th Annual Meeting], organizational brochure, August 18-22, 1998, archived in Tobacco Library, accessed April 2012</ref>)
* '''[[Bayer]] Corp.''' (one of the [["Big 6" Pesticide and GMO Corporations]]), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Massachusetts, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Texas;<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010);<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC;<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> member of ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force|Civil Justice]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> former [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
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* '''[[Bayer]] Corp.''' (one of the [["Big 6" Pesticide and GMO Corporations]]), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Massachusetts, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Texas;<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010);<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC;<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> member of ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force|Civil Justice]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> former [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Bell Atlantic<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Bell Atlantic<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Bell Atlantic PA<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Bell Atlantic PA<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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* BioTown Ag, "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* BioTown Ag, "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* [[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association|Blue Cross Blue Shield]]: Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSCinci"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> (but a August 2013 ALEC board document suggested that the company hadn't terminated its membership until April 4, 2013, "after losing on exchanges workshop").<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association|Blue Cross Blue Shield]]: Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSCinci"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> (but a August 2013 ALEC board document suggested that the company hadn't terminated its membership until April 4, 2013, "after losing on exchanges workshop").<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''Blue Cross Blue Shield Association''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana, "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012.<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana, "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012.<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Blue Cross Blue Shield]] of Texas<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012.<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Blue Cross Blue Shield]] of Texas<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> - Announced on April 19th that it had not renewed its membership in February 2012.<ref>Julian Pecquet, [http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-insurance/222049-blue-cross-blue-shield-quits-conservative-legislative-organization-alec Blue Cross Blue Shield quits conservative legislative organization ALEC], ''The Hill'', April 17, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''[[Boehringer Ingelheim]]''',<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> and "Director" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''[[Boehringer Ingelheim]]''',<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> and "Director" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
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* [[Browning-Ferris]] Industries (licensed trademark of [[Allied Waste Industries]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Browning-Ferris]] Industries (licensed trademark of [[Allied Waste Industries]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''[[Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad]] (BNSF)''', Member of ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_Civil_Justice_2011_Annual_Meeting_New_Orleans.pdf Director - Full Name and Address], organizational task force membership directory, June 30, 2011, p. 31, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
 
* '''[[Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad]] (BNSF)''', Member of ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_Civil_Justice_2011_Annual_Meeting_New_Orleans.pdf Director - Full Name and Address], organizational task force membership directory, June 30, 2011, p. 31, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
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* '''Brubaker and Associates''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Burroughs Wellcome (now [[GlaxoSmithKline]], which is an [[#G|ALEC member]])<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Burroughs Wellcome (now [[GlaxoSmithKline]], which is an [[#G|ALEC member]])<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
  
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* '''[[Caterpillar]]''', Inc.,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> “Trustee” level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000)<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''[[Caterpillar]]''', Inc.,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> “Trustee” level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000)<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''ccAdvertising''' (constituent research and data acquisition), "Trustee" level sponsor of ALEC's 2014 States and Nation Policy Summit<ref name="2014SNPS"/>
 
* '''ccAdvertising''' (constituent research and data acquisition), "Trustee" level sponsor of ALEC's 2014 States and Nation Policy Summit<ref name="2014SNPS"/>
* '''[[Celgene]] Corporation'''<ref>Greg Chesmore, Director of State Government Relations, Celgene Corporation, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/51654823/Writing-Alec-Legislation Email to Leah Vukmir], Wisconsin state legislator and ALEC member, September 24, 2009, open records request email posted on Scribd by Cory Liebmann, March 27, 2011</ref>, [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Illinois,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
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* '''[[Celgene]] Corporation'''<ref>Greg Chesmore, Director of State Government Relations, Celgene Corporation, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/51654823/Writing-Alec-Legislation Email to Leah Vukmir], Wisconsin state legislator and ALEC member, September 24, 2009, open records request email posted on Scribd by Cory Liebmann, March 27, 2011</ref>, [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Illinois,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Centaur Gaming''', "Vice Chairman" sponsor of ALEC 2016 Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey and Jessica Mason, "[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/28/casino-dollars-now-funding-alec/ Casino Dollars Now Funding ALEC]," Center for Media and Democracy, July 28, 2016.</ref>
 
* '''Centaur Gaming''', "Vice Chairman" sponsor of ALEC 2016 Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey and Jessica Mason, "[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/28/casino-dollars-now-funding-alec/ Casino Dollars Now Funding ALEC]," Center for Media and Democracy, July 28, 2016.</ref>
 
* '''[[CenterPoint 360]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|ALEC Private Enterprise Board]] member<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/>
 
* '''[[CenterPoint 360]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|ALEC Private Enterprise Board]] member<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/>
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* Central Illinois Light Co. (now [[Ameren]]CILCO)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Central Illinois Light Co. (now [[Ameren]]CILCO)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Central Reserve Life<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Central Reserve Life<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
* '''CenturyLink''' (formerly [[Qwest Communications]] until April 2011, preceded by US West, Inc.), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Director" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> Also a member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]].<ref name="ITNOLA"/> <ref> ALEC: [2010 States&Nation Policy Summit Agenda http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2010_SNPS.pdf] Available through Common Cause </ref> Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''CenturyLink''' (formerly [[Qwest Communications]] until April 2011, preceded by US West, Inc.), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Director" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> Also a member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]].<ref name="ITNOLA"/> <ref> ALEC: [2010 States&Nation Policy Summit Agenda http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2010_SNPS.pdf] Available through Common Cause </ref> Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
* '''Charter Communications''', Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf American Legislative Exchange Council Telecommunications & Information Technology as of  July 18th, 2011], organizational task force membership director, July 18, 2011, p. 22, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015,<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20140113 Terri Lee Weldon], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> "Trustee's Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''Charter Communications''', Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_TaIT_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf American Legislative Exchange Council Telecommunications & Information Technology as of  July 18th, 2011], organizational task force membership director, July 18, 2011, p. 22, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref> lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015,<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20140113 Terri Lee Weldon], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> "Trustee's Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Chemical Banking Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Chemical Banking Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''[[Cheniere Energy]]''', joined ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] on May 22, 2013<ref name="ALECboard"/>
 
* '''[[Cheniere Energy]]''', joined ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] on May 22, 2013<ref name="ALECboard"/>
 
* '''[[Chesapeake Energy]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''[[Chesapeake Energy]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
* '''[[Chevron]] Corporation'''<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEADC"/>  “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''[[Chevron]] Corporation'''<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>, "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEADC"/>  “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Chrysler Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (ALEC Member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* Chrysler Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (ALEC Member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* [[CIBA-GEIGY]]<ref name="ALEC Health 1993">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/xac25b00/pdf Keeping the Promise: Making Health Care Accessible and Affordable for All Americans], January 1993, archived in Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, accessed July 2011</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[CIBA-GEIGY]]<ref name="ALEC Health 1993">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/xac25b00/pdf Keeping the Promise: Making Health Care Accessible and Affordable for All Americans], January 1993, archived in Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, accessed July 2011</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Clearpath, "Chairman Level" sponsor of the ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Clearpath, "Chairman Level" sponsor of the ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* '''[[Cleco]]''', "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''[[Cleco]]''', "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
* '''[[Cloud Peak Energy]]''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>  
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* [[Cloud Peak Energy]], '''Went bankrupt on May 10, 2019.'''<ref>Lee Fang, [https://theintercept.com/2019/05/16/coal-industry-climate-change-denial-cloud-peak-energy/ A MAJOR COAL COMPANY WENT BUST. ITS BANKRUPTCY FILING SHOWS THAT IT WAS FUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE DENIALISM.], ''The Intercept'', May 16, 2019.</ref>; former ember of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>  
 
* Colorado Legislative Services, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Colorado Legislative Services, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Comfort Dental, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
 
* Comfort Dental, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
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* [[CN (Canadian National Railroad)]], Private Sector Chair, Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]];<ref name="2013SNPSagenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://alec.org/docs/CIED_2013_SNPS_35_Day.pdf#sthash.8vD4qlbR.dpuf 35 Day Mailing— Agendas and Proposed Model Policies for 2013 States and Nation Policy Summit], organizational document, October 30, 2013.</ref> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* [[CN (Canadian National Railroad)]], Private Sector Chair, Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]];<ref name="2013SNPSagenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://alec.org/docs/CIED_2013_SNPS_35_Day.pdf#sthash.8vD4qlbR.dpuf 35 Day Mailing— Agendas and Proposed Model Policies for 2013 States and Nation Policy Summit], organizational document, October 30, 2013.</ref> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* Coastal Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Coastal Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* [[Coca-Cola]] Company<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> announced it would end its ALEC membership April 5, 2012<ref>Paul Bedard, [http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/04/coke-caves-face-democratic-boycott-threat/444346 Coke caves in face of Democratic boycott threat], ''Washington Examiner'', April 5, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Coca-Cola]] Company<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/> announced it would end its ALEC membership April 5, 2012<ref>Paul Bedard, [http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/04/coke-caves-face-democratic-boycott-threat/444346 Coke caves in face of Democratic boycott threat], ''Washington Examiner'', April 5, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Coldwell Banker<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Coldwell Banker<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Columbia Gas of Ohio (now part of [[NiSource]])<ref name="CLEAR"/> (ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* Columbia Gas of Ohio (now part of [[NiSource]])<ref name="CLEAR"/> (ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* Columbia Healthcare (now [[HCA]] Inc.)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Columbia Healthcare (now [[HCA]] Inc.)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* '''[[Comcast]]'''<ref>Steven Titch [http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/21878/ALEC_Adopts_Model_VoIP_Bill.html ALEC Adopts Model VoIP Bill], ''Info Tech & Telecom News'', Heartland Institute publication, September 2007</ref>, [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri and Utah;<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|State Chair of the Year Award]];<ref name="2011 Awards"/> and member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force|Communications and Technology]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force|Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Forces]],<ref name="TaxCinci"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
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* '''[[Comcast]]''''''In May, 2019, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2019/05/28/comcast-latest-telecommunications-company-drop-alec/ an SEC filing confirmed] that Comcast left ALEC. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.'''<ref>Steven Titch [http://www.heartland.org/policybot/results/21878/ALEC_Adopts_Model_VoIP_Bill.html ALEC Adopts Model VoIP Bill], ''Info Tech & Telecom News'', Heartland Institute publication, September 2007</ref>, [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri and Utah;<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|State Chair of the Year Award]];<ref name="2011 Awards"/> and member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force|Communications and Technology]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force|Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Forces]],<ref name="TaxCinci"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Commonwealth Edison Company (now [[Exelon]]),<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* Commonwealth Edison Company (now [[Exelon]]),<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* [[Connections Academy]] (a subsidiary of [[Pearson]]), Member of ALEC's [[Education Task Force]]<ref name="EduNOLA"/><ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Mickey_Revenaugh Mickey Revenaugh], organizational site, accessed May, 2011 '''This page has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available.</ref><ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/education/ Education Task Force], organizational site, accessed April, 2012</ref> - Connections' Revenaugh was the co-chair of the Education Task Force as of May 2012, but a company spokesperson told CMD in July 2012 that it withdrew from ALEC's Education Task Force in mid-May 2012 in order to align "our affiliations with organizations whose central focus is education."<ref name="27/28">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11652/energysolutions-and-connections-education-are-27th-and-28th-corporations-leave-al EnergySolutions and Connections Education are 27th and 28th Corporations to Leave ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', July 20, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Connections Academy]] (a subsidiary of [[Pearson]]), Member of ALEC's [[Education Task Force]]<ref name="EduNOLA"/><ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Mickey_Revenaugh Mickey Revenaugh], organizational site, accessed May, 2011 '''This page has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available.</ref><ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/education/ Education Task Force], organizational site, accessed April, 2012</ref> - Connections' Revenaugh was the co-chair of the Education Task Force as of May 2012, but a company spokesperson told CMD in July 2012 that it withdrew from ALEC's Education Task Force in mid-May 2012 in order to align "our affiliations with organizations whose central focus is education."<ref name="27/28">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11652/energysolutions-and-connections-education-are-27th-and-28th-corporations-leave-al EnergySolutions and Connections Education are 27th and 28th Corporations to Leave ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', July 20, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''Con-Way''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_CIED_2011_Annual_Meeting_New_Orleans.pdf American Legislative Exchange Council Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Attendees], organizational document, June 20, 2011, p. 8, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>
 
* '''Con-Way''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_CIED_2011_Annual_Meeting_New_Orleans.pdf American Legislative Exchange Council Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Attendees], organizational document, June 20, 2011, p. 8, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>
 
* '''Continental Resources''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_EEA_2010_SNPS.pdf Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Roster], organizational task force membership directory, October 27, 2010, p. 10, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012.</ref>
 
* '''Continental Resources''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_EEA_2010_SNPS.pdf Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Roster], organizational task force membership directory, October 27, 2010, p. 10, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012.</ref>
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* '''Cooperative Energy''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Coors]] Brewing Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (now [[Molson Coors]], and part of the joint venture [[MillerCoors]] -- MillerCoors was an ALEC member but told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it had not renewed its ALEC membership in 2012, nor does it plan to<ref name="COCrelease">ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/10/five-more-major-companies-will-no-longer-fund-alec/ Five more major companies will no longer fund ALEC: John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy will no longer fund American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 10, 2012</ref>)
 
* [[Coors]] Brewing Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (now [[Molson Coors]], and part of the joint venture [[MillerCoors]] -- MillerCoors was an ALEC member but told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it had not renewed its ALEC membership in 2012, nor does it plan to<ref name="COCrelease">ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/10/five-more-major-companies-will-no-longer-fund-alec/ Five more major companies will no longer fund ALEC: John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy will no longer fund American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 10, 2012</ref>)
 
* '''Corinthian Colleges, Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Education Task Force]].<ref name="EduNOLA"/> According to a July 4, 2014 ''LA Times'' article, "As part of an agreement late Thursday with the U.S. Department of Education, Santa Ana-based Corinthian will sell 85 of its campuses and wind down operations at 12 others."<ref>Chris Kirkham, [http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-corinthian-colleges-agreement-20140704-story.html For-profit Corinthian Colleges to sell 85 schools, close 12 others], ''Los Angeles Times'', July 4, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''Corinthian Colleges, Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Education Task Force]].<ref name="EduNOLA"/> According to a July 4, 2014 ''LA Times'' article, "As part of an agreement late Thursday with the U.S. Department of Education, Santa Ana-based Corinthian will sell 85 of its campuses and wind down operations at 12 others."<ref>Chris Kirkham, [http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-corinthian-colleges-agreement-20140704-story.html For-profit Corinthian Colleges to sell 85 schools, close 12 others], ''Los Angeles Times'', July 4, 2014.</ref>
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* Coventry Health Care, Member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]];<ref name="HHSCinci">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_HHS_2010_SNPS_DC.pdf Health and Human Services Task Force Meeting 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit December 2, 2010 Meeting Minutes], organizational document, March 31, 2011, p. 53, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref><ref name="ALECboard"/> terminated its membership on April 4, 2013, according to an ALEC document, because it had "joined for single issue."<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Coventry Health Care, Member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]];<ref name="HHSCinci">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_HHS_2010_SNPS_DC.pdf Health and Human Services Task Force Meeting 2010 States and Nation Policy Summit December 2, 2010 Meeting Minutes], organizational document, March 31, 2011, p. 53, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref><ref name="ALECboard"/> terminated its membership on April 4, 2013, according to an ALEC document, because it had "joined for single issue."<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''Cowart Group''' (Louisiana architectural firm<ref>Cowart Group, [http://www.cowartgroup.com/firm.htm The Firm], firm website, accessed August 10, 2011</ref>), member of ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Cowart Group''' (Louisiana architectural firm<ref>Cowart Group, [http://www.cowartgroup.com/firm.htm The Firm], firm website, accessed August 10, 2011</ref>), member of ALEC 2011 Annual Meeting Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
* '''[[Cox Enterprises|Cox Communications]]''', Member of [[ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> as of September 2014,<ref>Cox Communications Director of Media Relations, Email to Common Cause, September 30, 2014, on file with the Center for Media and Democracy.</ref> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
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* '''[[Cox Enterprises|Cox Communications]]''''''In May, 2019, [https://www.commoncause.org/resource/coalition-letters-to-alec-corporate-funders-over-david-horowitz-involvement-in-alec/ Cox confirmed to Common Cause] that it has "no affiliation with, nor provide any support for ALEC." See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.''' Member of [[ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> as of September 2014,<ref>Cox Communications Director of Media Relations, Email to Common Cause, September 30, 2014, on file with the Center for Media and Democracy.</ref> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
 
* '''Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
 
* Crown Central Petroleum Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Crown Central Petroleum Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''Crown Holdings, Inc.''', Member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
 
* '''Crown Holdings, Inc.''', Member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
* '''Crown Industries''', Member of ALEC's Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting,<ref name="SLC Agenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, 39th Annual Meeting Agenda, organizational document, July 25-28, 2012, on file with CMD</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref>  “Director” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>  
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* '''Crown Industries''', Member of ALEC's Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting,<ref name="SLC Agenda">American Legislative Exchange Council, 39th Annual Meeting Agenda, organizational document, July 25-28, 2012, on file with CMD</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref>  “Director” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]] (listed as Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc.)
 
* Crown Packaging, "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Crown Packaging, "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* '''CQ Roll Call''' (state legislative tracking and online advocacy tools business), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''CQ Roll Call''' (state legislative tracking and online advocacy tools business), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
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* '''Daiichi Sankyo''', Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/>
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* '''Daiichi Sankyo''', Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Darden Restaurants]], Member of ALEC [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces#"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|corporate board]] as of 2010<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://web.archive.org/web/20100210053336/http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Enterprise_Board&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=12553 Private Enterprise Board], organizational website, archived in the WayBack Machine on February 10, 2010, accessed September 2012</ref> - Darden spokesperson Rich Jeffers confirmed in April 2013 that the company cut ties with ALEC in January 2010 in order to allocate more resources to organizational connections like its involvement with the National Restaurant Association<ref>Rich Jeffers, Director of Media Relations, Darden Restaurants, telephone conversation with the Center for Media and Democracy, April 11, 2013.</ref> (which, like ALEC, has lobbied to override local paid sick day ordinances).<ref>Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/04/12037/efforts-deliver-kill-shot-paid-sick-leave-tied-alec Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', April 3, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Darden Restaurants]], Member of ALEC [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces#"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|corporate board]] as of 2010<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://web.archive.org/web/20100210053336/http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Enterprise_Board&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=12553 Private Enterprise Board], organizational website, archived in the WayBack Machine on February 10, 2010, accessed September 2012</ref> - Darden spokesperson Rich Jeffers confirmed in April 2013 that the company cut ties with ALEC in January 2010 in order to allocate more resources to organizational connections like its involvement with the National Restaurant Association<ref>Rich Jeffers, Director of Media Relations, Darden Restaurants, telephone conversation with the Center for Media and Democracy, April 11, 2013.</ref> (which, like ALEC, has lobbied to override local paid sick day ordinances).<ref>Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/04/12037/efforts-deliver-kill-shot-paid-sick-leave-tied-alec Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', April 3, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''[[DCI Group]], LLC''', Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/>
 
* '''[[DCI Group]], LLC''', Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/>
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* '''[[Devon Energy]] Corporation''', "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* '''[[Devon Energy]] Corporation''', "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* '''[[Dezenhall Resources|Dezenhall Communications Mgmt. Group]], LTD''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC"/>
 
* '''[[Dezenhall Resources|Dezenhall Communications Mgmt. Group]], LTD''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC"/>
* '''[[Diageo]]'''<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]],<ref name="TaxCinci"/> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
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* '''[[Diageo]]'''<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> former Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]],<ref name="TaxCinci"/> and former "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> Diageo told Common Cause in August 2018 that it was no longer associated with ALEC''' Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* The Dial Corp. (now part of Henkel)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* The Dial Corp. (now part of Henkel)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Digital Equipment Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Digital Equipment Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''[[Dominion]] Resources Services, Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC"/>
 
* '''[[Dominion]] Resources Services, Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC"/>
 
* Douglass Financial Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Douglass Financial Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* '''[[Dow Chemical Company]]''' (one of the [["Big 6" Biotech Corporations]]),<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] member<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>
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* '''[[Dow Chemical Company]]''' '''In November, 2018, [https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/alec-corporate-funders-charles-koch/ Dow confirmed to The Intercept] that it would discontinue its ALEC membership. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.''' Dow is one of the [["Big 6" Biotech Corporations]]),<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] member<ref name="EEAMeetingMaterials">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Energy, Environment, and Agriculture 2011 Annual Meeting Task Force Meeting," speaker biographies and materials, August 4, 2011, on file with CMD</ref> "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/>.
 
* [[Dow Corning]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> (an ALEC member in 1992<ref name="1992AR"/>)
 
* [[Dow Corning]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> (an ALEC member in 1992<ref name="1992AR"/>)
 
* DowElanco<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now a division of [[Eli Lilly]], which is an [[#E|ALEC member]]), ALEC member in 1992<ref name="1992AR">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lcn47b00/pdf Winning the Debate in the States], organizational annual report, 1992, p. 31, archived in Tobacco Library, accessed April 2012</ref>
 
* DowElanco<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now a division of [[Eli Lilly]], which is an [[#E|ALEC member]]), ALEC member in 1992<ref name="1992AR">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lcn47b00/pdf Winning the Debate in the States], organizational annual report, 1992, p. 31, archived in Tobacco Library, accessed April 2012</ref>
 
* [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]], member of ALEC until it terminated its membership on April 22, 2013, according to an ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]], member of ALEC until it terminated its membership on April 22, 2013, according to an ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* '''[[Duke Energy]] Corp.''' (merged with [[#P|Progress Energy]], another ALEC member),<ref name="ALECboard"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Indiana and South Carolina<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> Member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Vice Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> - The ALEC Exposed coalition, including [[Greenpeace]], is asking Duke Energy to cut ties to ALEC.<ref>Monica Embry, Greenpeace, [http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2012/09/06/duke-dump-alec/ DUKE: DUMP ALEC!], organizational blog entry, September 6, 2012</ref>
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* '''[[Duke Energy]] Corp.''' (merged with [[#P|Progress Energy]], another ALEC member),<ref name="ALECboard"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Indiana and South Carolina<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> Member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Vice Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> - The ALEC Exposed coalition, including [[Greenpeace]], is asking Duke Energy to cut ties to ALEC.<ref>Monica Embry, Greenpeace, [http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2012/09/06/duke-dump-alec/ DUKE: DUMP ALEC!], organizational blog entry, September 6, 2012</ref> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[DuPont]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (an ALEC member in 1992, as "DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals"<ref name="1992AR"/> - DuPont bought Merck's half-share in the company in 1998)
 
* [[DuPont]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (an ALEC member in 1992, as "DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals"<ref name="1992AR"/> - DuPont bought Merck's half-share in the company in 1998)
  
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* [[Eastman Chemical Co.]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> (an ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* [[Eastman Chemical Co.]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> (an ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* [[eBay]], Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> - The ALEC Exposed coalition, including Credo Action and Forecast the Facts, asked eBay to cut ties to ALEC,<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11682/amgen-drops-alec-number-32-ebay-comes-under-fire Amgen Drops ALEC (Number 32) as eBay Comes under Fire], ''PRWatch.org'', August 8, 2012</ref> and on December 18th, 2014, eBay tweeted, "We are not renewing membership in ALEC."<ref>eBay Inc., [https://mobile.twitter.com/ebayinc/status/545715520528322561#tweet_545715520528322561 We are not renewing membership in ALEC]," @eBayInc corporate Twitter account, December 18, 2014, 3:01pm.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[eBay]], Member of ALEC [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> - The ALEC Exposed coalition, including Credo Action and Forecast the Facts, asked eBay to cut ties to ALEC,<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11682/amgen-drops-alec-number-32-ebay-comes-under-fire Amgen Drops ALEC (Number 32) as eBay Comes under Fire], ''PRWatch.org'', August 8, 2012</ref> and on December 18th, 2014, eBay tweeted, "We are not renewing membership in ALEC."<ref>eBay Inc., [https://mobile.twitter.com/ebayinc/status/545715520528322561#tweet_545715520528322561 We are not renewing membership in ALEC]," @eBayInc corporate Twitter account, December 18, 2014, 3:01pm.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''EDP Renewables''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Economy Plumbing Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Economy Plumbing Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* '''[[Eli Lilly]] and Company''',<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="1992AR"/> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> “Trustee” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($50,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''[[Eli Lilly]] and Company''',<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="1992AR"/> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> “Trustee” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($50,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Emdeon''' ("Management Solutions" company), ALEC member<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>  
 
* '''Emdeon''' ("Management Solutions" company), ALEC member<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>  
 
* EMD Serono, Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> terminated ALEC membership on April 22, 2013 due to "budget cuts," according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* EMD Serono, Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> terminated ALEC membership on April 22, 2013 due to "budget cuts," according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* Express Scripts (pharmaceutical retailer), member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="ALECboard"/> sponsor of "Missouri Night" at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans during the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting<ref name="SLPD">Jason Hancock, [http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_a7c08603-30c0-58df-9b19-0942328a2257.html Free-market group draws criticism for potential role in bills], ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', August 5, 2011</ref> - announced in July 2012 that it had cut ties to ALEC,<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11639/express-scripts-twenty-sixth-corporation-dump-alec Express-Scripts is Twenty-Sixth Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', July 13, 2012</ref> but according to ALEC documents, didn't terminate its membership until January 14, 2013, because "of PBM issue; merged with Express."<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Express Scripts (pharmaceutical retailer), member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="ALECboard"/> sponsor of "Missouri Night" at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans during the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting<ref name="SLPD">Jason Hancock, [http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_a7c08603-30c0-58df-9b19-0942328a2257.html Free-market group draws criticism for potential role in bills], ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', August 5, 2011</ref> - announced in July 2012 that it had cut ties to ALEC,<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11639/express-scripts-twenty-sixth-corporation-dump-alec Express-Scripts is Twenty-Sixth Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', July 13, 2012</ref> but according to ALEC documents, didn't terminate its membership until January 14, 2013, because "of PBM issue; merged with Express."<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Extraction, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
 
* Extraction, Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee" and as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
* '''[[ExxonMobil]] Corporation''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member;<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> Member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]];<ref name="TaxCinci"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding">Nick Surgey, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/07/12891/alec-conference-funding-dominated-big-polluters ALEC Conference Funding Dominated by Big Polluters]," Center for Media and Democracy, ''PR Watch'', July 23, 2015.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2016 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, "https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting]," Center for Media and Democracy, July 27, 2016.</ref> (In 2007 Exxon "committed to ending its support for a network of think tanks and activist groups that deny the science underlying climate change or have worked to block action against climate change," according to ''The Guardian''. In July 2015 an Exxon spokesperson told ''The Guardian'', "ExxonMobil does not fund climate denial." At that time the company "did not respond to specific questions about [...] its support for Alec.")<ref>Suzanne Goldenberg, "[http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/15/exxon-mobil-gave-millions-climate-denying-lawmakers ExxonMobil gave millions to climate-denying lawmakers despite pledge]," ''The Guardian'', July 15, 2015.</ref> "Chairman Level" sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''[[ExxonMobil]] Corporation''', Confirmed that it will not renew its membership in ALEC in July of 2018.<ref>David Armiak and Mary Bottari, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2018/07/13368/alec-too-extreme-exxon-long-term-alec-board-member-dumps-alec-over-climate-denial Is ALEC Too Extreme for Exxon? Long-Term ALEC Board Member Dumps ALEC over Climate Denial Policy​], ''PRWatch'', July 12, 2018.</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member;<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> Member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]];<ref name="TaxCinci"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding">Nick Surgey, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/07/12891/alec-conference-funding-dominated-big-polluters ALEC Conference Funding Dominated by Big Polluters]," Center for Media and Democracy, ''PR Watch'', July 23, 2015.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2016 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, "https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2016/07/27/exxonmobil-top-sponsor-alec-annual-meeting/ ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting]," Center for Media and Democracy, July 27, 2016.</ref> (In 2007 Exxon "committed to ending its support for a network of think tanks and activist groups that deny the science underlying climate change or have worked to block action against climate change," according to ''The Guardian''. In July 2015 an Exxon spokesperson told ''The Guardian'', "ExxonMobil does not fund climate denial." At that time the company "did not respond to specific questions about [...] its support for Alec.")<ref>Suzanne Goldenberg, "[http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/15/exxon-mobil-gave-millions-climate-denying-lawmakers ExxonMobil gave millions to climate-denying lawmakers despite pledge]," ''The Guardian'', July 15, 2015.</ref> "Chairman Level" sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* EZCorp (pawn shops and payday loans), a "Chairman" level sponsor of ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference,<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> told Common Cause that it is not a funder or member of ALEC as of November 2014.<ref name="JPCC"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* EZCorp (pawn shops and payday loans), a "Chairman" level sponsor of ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference,<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> told Common Cause that it is not a funder or member of ALEC as of November 2014.<ref name="JPCC"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
  
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* '''Fair Point Communications''': "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2012 meeting in Salt Lake City. <ref name="SLC Agenda"/>  
 
* '''Fair Point Communications''': "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2012 meeting in Salt Lake City. <ref name="SLC Agenda"/>  
 
* '''[[Farmers Group, Inc.]]''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/>
 
* '''[[Farmers Group, Inc.]]''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/>
* Farmers Insurance, "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''Farmers Insurance''', "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
* '''[[FedEx]]''', [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Executive Committee member,<ref name="Commerce Executive Committee">American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Sector_Executive_Committee1 Commerce Private Sector Executive Committee], organization website, accessed June 14, 2011 - This page has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available.</ref><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
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* '''[[FedEx]]''', [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Executive Committee member,<ref name="Commerce Executive Committee">American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Sector_Executive_Committee1 Commerce Private Sector Executive Committee], organization website, accessed June 14, 2011 - This page has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available.</ref><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Fidelity]] Investments<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> ("Vice Chairman" level sponsor of ALEC's 1998 Annual Meeting and ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* [[Fidelity]] Investments<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> ("Vice Chairman" level sponsor of ALEC's 1998 Annual Meeting and ALEC member in 1998<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>)
 
* Fieldstead & Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Fieldstead & Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''Financial Casualty & Surety, Inc''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* First Chicago NBD<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* First Chicago NBD<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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* '''FirstRule''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]] Sponsored ALEC Annual Meeting 2019 Leadership Dinner<ref> Tim Jones [https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones/status/1162163667691065346?s=20 Our name...in lights!] Tweet, August 15, 2019</ref>
 
* Fleet Bank (now part of [[Bank of America]], which is an [[#B|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Fleet Bank (now part of [[Bank of America]], which is an [[#B|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Florida Gas Transmission Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Florida Gas Transmission Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* [[Ford]] Motor Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref>Nick Surgey, "[http://www.alternet.org/environment/ford-revealed-funder-climate-denial-group-alec Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC]," ''Alternet'', November 7, 2015.</ref> (member of Private Enterprise Board in 1999)<ref>Michael Flynn, ALEC Director of Legislation and Policy, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/l/g/m/lgm99h00/Slgm99h00.pdf Letter to U.S. Senate] (available through the Tobacco Library), April 7, 1999</ref> In February 2016, Ford confirmed to CMD that it was cutting ties to ALEC. "As part of our annual budget review, we have adjusted our participation in several groups. We will not be participating in ALEC in 2016," wrote Christin Baker, a Ford spokesperson in an email to CMD.<ref>Nick Surgey, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13043/ford-becomes-latest-major-corporation-dump-alec Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC]," Center for Media and Democracy, ''PR Watch'', February 17, 2016.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Ford]] Motor Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref>Nick Surgey, "[http://www.alternet.org/environment/ford-revealed-funder-climate-denial-group-alec Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC]," ''Alternet'', November 7, 2015.</ref> (member of Private Enterprise Board in 1999)<ref>Michael Flynn, ALEC Director of Legislation and Policy, [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/documentStore/l/g/m/lgm99h00/Slgm99h00.pdf Letter to U.S. Senate] (available through the Tobacco Library), April 7, 1999</ref> In February 2016, Ford confirmed to CMD that it was cutting ties to ALEC. "As part of our annual budget review, we have adjusted our participation in several groups. We will not be participating in ALEC in 2016," wrote Christin Baker, a Ford spokesperson in an email to CMD.<ref>Nick Surgey, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2016/02/13043/ford-becomes-latest-major-corporation-dump-alec Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC]," Center for Media and Democracy, ''PR Watch'', February 17, 2016.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Fort Howard Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Koch Industries]]' [[Georgia-Pacific]] -- both are [[#K|ALEC]] [[#G|members]])
 
* Fort Howard Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Koch Industries]]' [[Georgia-Pacific]] -- both are [[#K|ALEC]] [[#G|members]])
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* '''Fontem Ventures''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold]], "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> terminated ALEC membership on January 14, 2013, according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold]], "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> terminated ALEC membership on January 14, 2013, according to ALEC documents.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Fremont Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Fremont Company<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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* Georgia Power Company, a subsidiary of [[Southern Company]], lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015.<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20130005 John A. D'Andrea], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
 
* Georgia Power Company, a subsidiary of [[Southern Company]], lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015.<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20130005 John A. D'Andrea], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
 
* Gerber Products<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Gerber Products<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* The Graydon Group LLC, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
 
* [[GlaxoSmithKline]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member;<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of New Mexico, New York, and North Carolina,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force|Civil Justice]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force|Health and Human Services Task Forces]];<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>but the company's CEO, Sir Andrew Witty, said in a response to a shareholder's question at the company's annual meeting in May 2013 that the company had decided to sever its relationship with ALEC.<ref name="shareholders">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/06/12155/shareholders-push-firms-cut-ties-alec-49-corporations-now-out "Shareholders Push Firms to Cut Ties to ALEC; 49 Corporations Now Out"], ''PRWatch'', June 25, 2013</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[GlaxoSmithKline]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member;<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of New Mexico, New York, and North Carolina,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force|Civil Justice]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force|Health and Human Services Task Forces]];<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>but the company's CEO, Sir Andrew Witty, said in a response to a shareholder's question at the company's annual meeting in May 2013 that the company had decided to sever its relationship with ALEC.<ref name="shareholders">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/06/12155/shareholders-push-firms-cut-ties-alec-49-corporations-now-out "Shareholders Push Firms to Cut Ties to ALEC; 49 Corporations Now Out"], ''PRWatch'', June 25, 2013</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Golden Rule Insurance,<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Golden Rule Insurance,<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* [[Google]], a member of the [[ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="beasttech" /> that joined in August 2011, according to ALEC,<ref>Jim Snyder and Brian Womack, [http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/google-quits-alec-says-link-with-climate-skeptics-wrong.html Google Quits ALEC, Says Link With Climate Skeptics Wrong], ''Bloomberg'', September 22, 2014.</ref> confirmed that it would not renew its ALEC membership at the end of 2014<ref>Brian Fung, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/22/google-were-parting-with-the-climate-change-skeptics-at-alec/ Google: We’re parting with the climate change skeptics at ALEC], ''Washington Post'', September 22, 2014.</ref> after its chairman, Eric Schmidt, told ''NPR''s Diane Rehm on September 22, 2014, "The consensus within the company was that that was some sort of mistake and so we're trying to not do that in the future.... The company has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts -- what a shock. And the facts of climate change are not in question anymore. Everyone understands climate change is occurring and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place. And so we should not be aligned with such people -- they're just, they're just literally lying."<ref>Diane Rehm, [http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-09-22/conversation-google-chairman-eric-schmidt A Conversation With Google Chairman Eric Schmidt], "The Diane Rehm Show," ''NPR'', September 22.2014.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Google]], a member of the [[ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="beasttech" /> that joined in August 2011, according to ALEC,<ref>Jim Snyder and Brian Womack, [http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/google-quits-alec-says-link-with-climate-skeptics-wrong.html Google Quits ALEC, Says Link With Climate Skeptics Wrong], ''Bloomberg'', September 22, 2014.</ref> confirmed that it would not renew its ALEC membership at the end of 2014<ref>Brian Fung, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/22/google-were-parting-with-the-climate-change-skeptics-at-alec/ Google: We’re parting with the climate change skeptics at ALEC], ''Washington Post'', September 22, 2014.</ref> after its chairman, Eric Schmidt, told ''NPR''s Diane Rehm on September 22, 2014, "The consensus within the company was that that was some sort of mistake and so we're trying to not do that in the future.... The company has a very strong view that we should make decisions in politics based on facts -- what a shock. And the facts of climate change are not in question anymore. Everyone understands climate change is occurring and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place. And so we should not be aligned with such people -- they're just, they're just literally lying."<ref>Diane Rehm, [http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-09-22/conversation-google-chairman-eric-schmidt A Conversation With Google Chairman Eric Schmidt], "The Diane Rehm Show," ''NPR'', September 22.2014.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* The Graydon Group LLC, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
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* '''Great Plains Communications''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''Green Capitol, LLC''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Great West Life Assurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Great West Life Assurance Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Growmark Inc.<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Growmark Inc.<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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* GTE Corporation (now [[Verizon]])<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* GTE Corporation (now [[Verizon]])<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* GTECH Corp. (gaming technology and services company now part of Lottomatica Group)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* GTECH Corp. (gaming technology and services company now part of Lottomatica Group)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* '''[[Guarantee Trust Life Insurance]]''', co-chair of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/health-and-human-services/ Health and Human Services Task Force], organizational website, accessed September 2013</ref><ref>Guarantee Trust Life Insurance, [http://www.gtlic.com/aboutus/management/Pages/eterno.aspx Marianne Eterno], corporate staff profile, accessed April 13, 2012</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit,<ref name="SPNS2014"/> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Chairman Level" sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''[[Guarantee Trust Life Insurance]]''', co-chair of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/health-and-human-services/ Health and Human Services Task Force], organizational website, accessed September 2013</ref><ref>Guarantee Trust Life Insurance, [http://www.gtlic.com/aboutus/management/Pages/eterno.aspx Marianne Eterno], corporate staff profile, accessed April 13, 2012</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit,<ref name="2014SNPS"/> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Chairman Level" sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''Gulf States [[Toyota]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''Gulf States [[Toyota]]''', "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference.<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
  
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* [[Home Depot]], member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] until it terminated its membership on January 14, 2013, according to an ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Home Depot]], member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] until it terminated its membership on January 14, 2013, according to an ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Homestake Mining]] Co. (now part of [[Barrick Gold]] Corp.)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Homestake Mining]] Co. (now part of [[Barrick Gold]] Corp.)<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''[[Honeywell]]''', '''In November, 2018, [https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/alec-corporate-funders-charles-koch/ Honeywell confirmed to The Intercept] that it would discontinue its ALEC membership. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.'''Member of ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Household International<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Household International<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Houston Industries<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Houston Industries<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Hewlett-Packard]] ([[HP]]), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> - HP told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it is not currently an ALEC member.<ref name="COCrelease"/> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Hewlett-Packard]] ([[HP]]), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/> - HP told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it is not currently an ALEC member.<ref name="COCrelease"/> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* '''[[Honeywell]]''', Member of ALEC [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/>
 
 
* [[Humana]] Corporation, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* [[Humana]] Corporation, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* '''Hunt Guillot & Associates''' (engineering firm with offices in LA, TX & PA), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Hunt Guillot & Associates''' (engineering firm with offices in LA, TX & PA), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
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* International Game Technology<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>
 
* International Game Technology<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/>
 
* [[International Paper]],<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/> and "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> told Common Cause September 26, 2014 that "we no longer have a membership with ALEC" and confirmed the company also no longer funds ALEC.<ref>Jay Riestenberg, Common Cause, [http://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/international-paper-leaves.html International Paper Leaves ALEC: Other Corporations Distance Selves From Controversial Lobbying Group], ''Democracy Wire'' blog, September 26, 2014.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[International Paper]],<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/> and "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> told Common Cause September 26, 2014 that "we no longer have a membership with ALEC" and confirmed the company also no longer funds ALEC.<ref>Jay Riestenberg, Common Cause, [http://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/international-paper-leaves.html International Paper Leaves ALEC: Other Corporations Distance Selves From Controversial Lobbying Group], ''Democracy Wire'' blog, September 26, 2014.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* [[Intuit]], Inc.<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/>, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and former [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces#"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|corporate board]] member -- told the [[Center for Media and Democracy|CMD]] April 5, 2012 that it had declined to renew ALEC membership.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11416/breaking-intuit-out-alec-coke-kraft-pepsi-too-while-koch-stands-ground BREAKING: Intuit Out of ALEC; Coke, Kraft, Pepsi, too, while Koch Stands Ground], ''PRWatch.org'', April 6, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Intuit]], Inc.<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and former [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces#"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|corporate board]] member -- told the [[Center for Media and Democracy|CMD]] April 5, 2012 that it had declined to renew ALEC membership.<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11416/breaking-intuit-out-alec-coke-kraft-pepsi-too-while-koch-stands-ground BREAKING: Intuit Out of ALEC; Coke, Kraft, Pepsi, too, while Koch Stands Ground], ''PRWatch.org'', April 6, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* IPALCO Enterprises ([[Indianapolis Power & Light]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* IPALCO Enterprises ([[Indianapolis Power & Light]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Irby Construction Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Irby Construction Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Isaacson and Walsh, P.C. Donald Isaacson and Cheyenne Walsh are listed as "ALEC Private Sector Non-Member"s in a 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
 
* Isle Blackhawk, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
 
* Isle Blackhawk, "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/>
  
 
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* Jack Daniels, "Vice Chairman Level Sponsor" of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist>Jaimie Corey [https://documented.net/2018/11/28/energy-and-pharmaceutical-companies-among-sponsors-of-alec-policy-meeting/ ENERGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AMONG SPONSORS OF ALEC POLICY MEETING] ''Documented'' Nov. 28, 2018</ref>
 
* '''Jacobs Entertainment''' (film buying and marketing firm<ref>Jacobs Entertainment, [http://www.jacobsentertainment.com/about.php About], corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''Jacobs Entertainment''' (film buying and marketing firm<ref>Jacobs Entertainment, [http://www.jacobsentertainment.com/about.php About], corporate website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* JC Penney Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* JC Penney Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[John Deere]] & Company,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] member<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - '''John Deere told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it is leaving ALEC.<ref name="COCrelease">ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/10/five-more-major-companies-will-no-longer-fund-alec/ Five more major companies will no longer fund ALEC: John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy will no longer fund American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 10, 2012</ref> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[John Deere]] & Company,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] member<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> - '''John Deere told ColorOfChange.org in July 2012 that it is leaving ALEC.<ref name="COCrelease">ColorOfChange.org, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/7/10/five-more-major-companies-will-no-longer-fund-alec/ Five more major companies will no longer fund ALEC: John Deere, CVS Caremark, MillerCoors, HP, and Best Buy will no longer fund American Legislative Exchange Council], organizational press release, July 10, 2012</ref> Please see [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* [[Johnson & Johnson]]<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/>, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]].<ref name="HHSNOLA"/>  - Announced on June 12, 2012, that it would "suspend" its ALEC membership.<ref>Salvador Rizzo, [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/johnson_johnson_becomes_first.html Johnson & Johnson becomes first N.J. company to part ways with ALEC], ''New Jersey Star-Ledger'', June 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Johnson & Johnson]]<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>, "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]].<ref name="HHSNOLA"/>  - Announced on June 12, 2012, that it would "suspend" its ALEC membership.<ref>Salvador Rizzo, [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/06/johnson_johnson_becomes_first.html Johnson & Johnson becomes first N.J. company to part ways with ALEC], ''New Jersey Star-Ledger'', June 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. (now [[Vivendi]])<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. (now [[Vivendi]])<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
*'''[[J.R. Simplot]] Company''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC"/>
 
*'''[[J.R. Simplot]] Company''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEADC"/>
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* '''[[K12]] Inc.''', Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Education Task Force]],<ref name="EduNOLA"/> "Chairman" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''[[K12]] Inc.''', Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Education Task Force]],<ref name="EduNOLA"/> "Chairman" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> Listed as a member of the "2017 Annual Meeting Host Committee"<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Kansas City Power and Light Co. (now part of [[Great Plains Energy]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Kansas City Power and Light Co. (now part of [[Great Plains Energy]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''Kansas City Southern''' (an "international transportation holding company" that owns, among other things, the Panama Canal Railway Company), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''Kansas City Southern''' (an "international transportation holding company" that owns, among other things, the Panama Canal Railway Company), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref>
 
* Kaplan Higher Education, Member of ALEC [[Education Task Force]]<ref name="EduNOLA"/> - Kaplan  announced in April 2012 that it had declined to renew its ALEC membership in August 2011.<ref>David Halperin, [http://www.republicreport.org/2012/wash-post-kaplan-alec/ Exclusive: Washington Post’s Kaplan and Other For-Profit Colleges Joined ALEC, Controversial Special Interest Lobby], ''Republic Report'', April 26, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Kaplan Higher Education, Member of ALEC [[Education Task Force]]<ref name="EduNOLA"/> - Kaplan  announced in April 2012 that it had declined to renew its ALEC membership in August 2011.<ref>David Halperin, [http://www.republicreport.org/2012/wash-post-kaplan-alec/ Exclusive: Washington Post’s Kaplan and Other For-Profit Colleges Joined ALEC, Controversial Special Interest Lobby], ''Republic Report'', April 26, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''Know Who''' (political contact information company), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Know Who''' (political contact information company), Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
* '''[[Koch Industries]]''' and '''[[Koch Industries]] Public Sector''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Kansas,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref> Koch Industries is also a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]],<ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]].<ref name="TaxCinci"/>
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* '''[[Koch Industries]]''' and '''[[Koch Industries]] Public Sector''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Kansas,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and open bar cocktail hour sponsor at the 2014 Spring Task Force Summit.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/05/12467/alec-kansas-city-missouri ALEC Struggles in Kansas City], ''PRWatch'', May 6, 2014.</ref> Koch Industries is also a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]],<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]],<ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]].<ref name="TaxCinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
* [[Kraft]] Food, Inc., Member of ALEC's Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force <ref name="CIEDNOLA"/><ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/>, "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced it would leave ALEC April 5, 2012.<ref>Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller, [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/usa-coke-alec-idUKL2E8F54P120120405 UPDATE 4-Coke withdraws from group that backs Stand Your Ground law (Adds Kraft Statement)], ''Reuters'', April 6, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Kraft]] Food, Inc., Member of ALEC's Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force <ref name="CIEDNOLA"/><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>, "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced it would leave ALEC April 5, 2012.<ref>Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller, [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/usa-coke-alec-idUKL2E8F54P120120405 UPDATE 4-Coke withdraws from group that backs Stand Your Ground law (Adds Kraft Statement)], ''Reuters'', April 6, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
  
 
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* [[Macquarie Bank|Macquarie Capital Advisors USA Inc.]], ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] member;<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/wp-content/uploads/InsideALEC_May2011.pdf Inside ALEC May 2011], organization newsletter, May 2011, p. 21</ref><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> terminated its membership on March 17, 2013, according to an ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Macquarie Bank|Macquarie Capital Advisors USA Inc.]], ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] member;<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/wp-content/uploads/InsideALEC_May2011.pdf Inside ALEC May 2011], organization newsletter, May 2011, p. 21</ref><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> terminated its membership on March 17, 2013, according to an ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''[[Management and Training Corporation]]''' (third-largest private prison company in the United States), attended ALEC 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego<ref>Laura Elliott, [http://dbapress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ALEC-AZ-Ash-Farnsworth-Tobin-Lesko-Kavanagh-Smoldon-Leal-2011.pdf Fwd: State Chairs Mailing - AZ], email to Debbie Lesko, July 7, 2010, obtained via open records request by Beau Hodai, ''DBA Press'', pp. 81-83 of PDF.</ref>
 
* '''[[Management and Training Corporation]]''' (third-largest private prison company in the United States), attended ALEC 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego<ref>Laura Elliott, [http://dbapress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ALEC-AZ-Ash-Farnsworth-Tobin-Lesko-Kavanagh-Smoldon-Leal-2011.pdf Fwd: State Chairs Mailing - AZ], email to Debbie Lesko, July 7, 2010, obtained via open records request by Beau Hodai, ''DBA Press'', pp. 81-83 of PDF.</ref>
* '''[[Marathon]] Oil Co.'''<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/>
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* '''[[Marathon]] Petroleum Co.'''<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. Note: in 2011, Marathon Petroleum and Marathon Oil [https://web.archive.org/save/http://www.marathon.com/ became separate companies]. Marathon Petroleum has remained active at ALEC.
 
* [[Mars]] Inc., Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> - announced April 12, 2012 that it had not renewed its ALEC membership<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11438/mars-and-arizona-public-service-dump-alec Mars and Arizona Public Service Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', April 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Mars]] Inc., Exhibitor at ALEC's 2011 Annual Conference<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> - announced April 12, 2012 that it had not renewed its ALEC membership<ref>Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11438/mars-and-arizona-public-service-dump-alec Mars and Arizona Public Service Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch.org'', April 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Mary Kay Cosmetics<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Mary Kay Cosmetics<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Mayflower Contract Services Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Mayflower Contract Services Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[McDonald's]] Corporation, former ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Executive Committee member<ref name="Commerce Executive Committee"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> <ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced April 10, 2012, that it had declined to renew its ALEC membership<ref>Andy Kroll, [http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/mcdonalds-alec-pepsi-kraft-voter-id Exclusive: McDonald's Says It Has Dumped ALEC], ''Mother Jones'', April 10, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[McDonald's]] Corporation, former ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Executive Committee member<ref name="Commerce Executive Committee"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> <ref name="CLEAR"/> - announced April 10, 2012, that it had declined to renew its ALEC membership<ref>Andy Kroll, [http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/mcdonalds-alec-pepsi-kraft-voter-id Exclusive: McDonald's Says It Has Dumped ALEC], ''Mother Jones'', April 10, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* [[McKinsey & Company]], [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] Member in 2008 (partner Jeffrey Lane)<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/520/140/2008-520140979-0552a1f4-9.pdf 2008 Form 990], filed with the IRS and received by Guidestar.org, August 19, 2009</ref>
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* '''McLane Company, Inc.''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''[[McKesson]] Corporation''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* [[McKinsey & Company]], [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] Member in 2008 (partner Jeffrey Lane)<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/520/140/2008-520140979-0552a1f4-9.pdf 2008 Form 990], filed with the IRS and received by Guidestar.org, August 19, 2009</ref><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/>
 
* '''McMoRan Exploration Company''' ("exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast area... focused on the 'deep gas play,' drilling to depths of 15,000 to 25,000 feet... and on the 'ultra-deep gas play' below 25,000 feet," principal operating subsidiary MOXY<ref>McMoRan Exploration Company, [http://www.mcmoran.com/about_us.htm About Us], corporate website, accessed April 13, 20012</ref>), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''McMoRan Exploration Company''' ("exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Gulf Coast area... focused on the 'deep gas play,' drilling to depths of 15,000 to 25,000 feet... and on the 'ultra-deep gas play' below 25,000 feet," principal operating subsidiary MOXY<ref>McMoRan Exploration Company, [http://www.mcmoran.com/about_us.htm About Us], corporate website, accessed April 13, 20012</ref>), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''[[MDU Resources Group]], Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/>
 
* '''[[MDU Resources Group]], Inc.''', Member of ALEC [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/>
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* [[Northrop Grumman]], a historical ALEC member,<ref name="CLEAR"/> rejoined ALEC July 1, 2013,<ref name="ALECboard"/> and then cut ties to ALEC January 2015.<ref>Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, [https://www.prwatch.org/files/press_release_jan_2015_northrop_grumman.pdf Northrop Grumman Severs Ties with ALEC], press release, January 28, 2015.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Northrop Grumman]], a historical ALEC member,<ref name="CLEAR"/> rejoined ALEC July 1, 2013,<ref name="ALECboard"/> and then cut ties to ALEC January 2015.<ref>Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, [https://www.prwatch.org/files/press_release_jan_2015_northrop_grumman.pdf Northrop Grumman Severs Ties with ALEC], press release, January 28, 2015.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''Northwestern Energy''' ("one of the largest providers of electricity and natural gas in the northwest quadrant of the United States"<ref>Northwestern Energy, [http://www.northwesternenergy.com/ corporate website], accessed August 10, 2011</ref>), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Montana<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''Northwestern Energy''' ("one of the largest providers of electricity and natural gas in the northwest quadrant of the United States"<ref>Northwestern Energy, [http://www.northwesternenergy.com/ corporate website], accessed August 10, 2011</ref>), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Montana<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
* '''[[Novartis]]''' Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]]<ref name="2011 Awards">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011</ref>
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* '''[[Novartis]]''' Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]]<ref name="2011 Awards">American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011</ref> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''Novolex''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] until it terminated its membership on April 22, 2013, according to an ALEC document, because "contact difficult to get a hold of; possibly did not renew because only interested in diabetes related issue."<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] until it terminated its membership on April 22, 2013, according to an ALEC document, because "contact difficult to get a hold of; possibly did not renew because only interested in diabetes related issue."<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''Nucor''', Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
 
* '''Nucor''', Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
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* '''Oasis Financial''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* [[Olin Corporation]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Olin Corporation]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''Oncor''' (subsidiary of [[Energy Future Holdings]]), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* '''Oncor''' (subsidiary of [[Energy Future Holdings]]), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
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* Parke-Davis, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Parke-Davis, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* '''Parquet Public Affairs''' (Orlando, Washington, and New York PR firm),<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/> member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
 
* '''Parquet Public Affairs''' (Orlando, Washington, and New York PR firm),<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/> member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
* '''[[Peabody Energy]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Illinois and Wyoming,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> 2011 winner of ALEC's [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> gave $2,000 to Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in January 2010 and another $2,000 in July 2010,<ref name="AZSchol$"/> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> Also a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]].<ref name="EEADC"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''[[Peabody Energy]]''', [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Illinois and Wyoming,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> 2011 winner of ALEC's [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> gave $2,000 to Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in January 2010 and another $2,000 in July 2010,<ref name="AZSchol$"/> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($50,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> Also a member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]].<ref name="EEADC"/> "Director Level" Sponsor of the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
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* '''Pelopidas, LLC''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* People's Energy Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of ALEC's 2014 States and Nation Policy Summit.<ref name="2014SNPS"/>
 
* People's Energy Corporation<ref name="ALEC Watch"/> and "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of ALEC's 2014 States and Nation Policy Summit.<ref name="2014SNPS"/>
 
* '''Peoples Gas''', sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''Peoples Gas''', sponsor for the [[ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]] reception at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
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* [[Pepco Holdings]], ALEC funder in 2002<ref name="ALEC Watch 4"/>
 
* [[Pepco Holdings]], ALEC funder in 2002<ref name="ALEC Watch 4"/>
 
* [[PepsiCo|Pepsi-Cola]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> - informed Color of Change in a letter dated January 25th that they would not renew their membership in ALEC in 2012.<ref>Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller: [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/usa-coke-alec-idUKL2E8F54P120120405 Coke Withdraws from Group that Backs Stand Your Ground Law]Reuters, Accessed April 19th, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[PepsiCo|Pepsi-Cola]]<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> - informed Color of Change in a letter dated January 25th that they would not renew their membership in ALEC in 2012.<ref>Barbara Liston and Martinne Geller: [http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/05/usa-coke-alec-idUKL2E8F54P120120405 Coke Withdraws from Group that Backs Stand Your Ground Law]Reuters, Accessed April 19th, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* '''[[Pfizer]] Inc.''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Colorado, Nebraska and Wisconsin,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
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* '''[[Pfizer]] Inc.''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Colorado, Nebraska and Wisconsin,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/> and [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($10,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>[[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. "Chairman Level Sponsor of the 2018 ALEC Policy Meeting<ref name=doculist>Jaimie Corey [https://documented.net/2018/11/28/energy-and-pharmaceutical-companies-among-sponsors-of-alec-policy-meeting/ ENERGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AMONG SPONSORS OF ALEC POLICY MEETING] ''Documented'' Nov. 28, 2018</ref>
 
* PFL Life Insurance Company,<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* PFL Life Insurance Company,<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* [[PG&E|PG&E Corporation]] (parent of [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]]), ALEC funder in 2010 ($5,000),<ref>Pacific Gas & Electric Company, [https://www.pge.com/regulation/GO_77M/GO_77M-2010-Redacted.pdf Redacted Report of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pursuant to General Order No. 77-M For the Year Ended December 31, 2010], corporate annual report, 2010, p. 116.</ref> 2002,<ref name="ALEC Watch 4"/> and advertised in program for 1998 ALEC 25th Anniversary Annual Conference,<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/> confirmed to [[Greenpeace]] in May 2014 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref name="Greenpeace"/> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[PG&E|PG&E Corporation]] (parent of [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]]), ALEC funder in 2010 ($5,000),<ref>Pacific Gas & Electric Company, [https://www.pge.com/regulation/GO_77M/GO_77M-2010-Redacted.pdf Redacted Report of Pacific Gas and Electric Company Pursuant to General Order No. 77-M For the Year Ended December 31, 2010], corporate annual report, 2010, p. 116.</ref> 2002,<ref name="ALEC Watch 4"/> and advertised in program for 1998 ALEC 25th Anniversary Annual Conference,<ref name="1998MeetingBrochure"/> confirmed to [[Greenpeace]] in May 2014 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref name="Greenpeace"/> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Pharmacia AB|Pharmacia & Upjohn]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* [[Pharmacia AB|Pharmacia & Upjohn]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* [[Phelps Dodge]] Corp<ref name="CLEAR"/>. (purchased from [[Newmont Mining]] by [[Freeport-McMoran]], a current [[#F|ALEC member]])
 
* [[Phelps Dodge]] Corp<ref name="CLEAR"/>. (purchased from [[Newmont Mining]] by [[Freeport-McMoran]], a current [[#F|ALEC member]])
* Philip Morris Companies (now [[Altria]], a current [[#A|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Philip Morris Companies (now [[Altria]], a current [[#A|ALEC member]])<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Phillips 66 Petroleum<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (now [[ConocoPhillips]])
 
* Phillips 66 Petroleum<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/> (now [[ConocoPhillips]])
 
* '''[[Pinnacle West Capital]]''', member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Natural_Resources1 Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force], organization website, accessed May 26, 2011. This website has been altered by ALEC and no longer contains this information.</ref><ref name="EEADC"/> and gave $5,000 to Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in December 2010<ref name="AZSchol$"/>
 
* '''[[Pinnacle West Capital]]''', member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council [http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Natural_Resources1 Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force], organization website, accessed May 26, 2011. This website has been altered by ALEC and no longer contains this information.</ref><ref name="EEADC"/> and gave $5,000 to Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in December 2010<ref name="AZSchol$"/>
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* [[Portland General Electric]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Portland General Electric]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''[[Prairie State Energy Campus]]''', “Trustee” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000)<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''[[Prairie State Energy Campus]]''', “Trustee” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000)<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
* [[Procter & Gamble]], member of [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|ALEC Private Enterprise Board]] as of 2009<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/520/140/2008-520140979-0552a1f4-9.pdf 2008 Form 990], filed with the IRS and received by Guidestar.org, August 19, 2009</ref><ref name="CLEAR"/> - Told [[Color of Change]] that it would not renew its membership on April 20th.<ref>Color of Change, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/4/23/colorofchange-applauds-procter-gambles-decision-en/ ColorOfChange Applauds Procter & Gamble's Decision to End its Membership in ALEC], press release, April 23, 2012, accessed April 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Procter & Gamble]], member of [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|ALEC Private Enterprise Board]] as of 2009<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/520/140/2008-520140979-0552a1f4-9.pdf 2008 Form 990], filed with the IRS and received by Guidestar.org, August 19, 2009</ref><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> - Told [[Color of Change]] that it would not renew its membership on April 20th.<ref>Color of Change, [http://colorofchange.org/press/releases/2012/4/23/colorofchange-applauds-procter-gambles-decision-en/ ColorOfChange Applauds Procter & Gamble's Decision to End its Membership in ALEC], press release, April 23, 2012, accessed April 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''[[Progress Energy]]''' (now merged with [[Duke Energy]],<ref>Duke Energy, [http://www.duke-energy.com/corporate-merger/ Duke Energy and Progress Energy Have Merged], corporate website, accessed September 2012</ref> another current [[#D|ALEC member]]), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of South Carolina,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="ALECboard"/>
 
* '''[[Progress Energy]]''' (now merged with [[Duke Energy]],<ref>Duke Energy, [http://www.duke-energy.com/corporate-merger/ Duke Energy and Progress Energy Have Merged], corporate website, accessed September 2012</ref> another current [[#D|ALEC member]]), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of South Carolina,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="ALECboard"/>
 
* '''Progressive Medical International''' (distributor of medical equipment and emergency care solutions based in Vista, CA), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
 
* '''Progressive Medical International''' (distributor of medical equipment and emergency care solutions based in Vista, CA), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
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* Promus Companies<ref name="CLEAR"/> (hotel management company that owned Holiday Inn and later Doubletree and Harrah's and is now owned by [[Hilton Hotels]])
 
* Promus Companies<ref name="CLEAR"/> (hotel management company that owned Holiday Inn and later Doubletree and Harrah's and is now owned by [[Hilton Hotels]])
 
* [[Prudential Financial]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Prudential Financial]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* '''PublicData''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Publix Super Markets, Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] as of 2011,<ref name="TaxCinci"/> announced on June 24, 2013 via social media that it had "not been a member of ALEC since 2011."<ref>Publix, [https://twitter.com/Publix/status/349151279764889601 @xultar Publix has not been a member of ALEC since 2011. ^BK], ''Twitter'', June 24, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Publix Super Markets, Member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] as of 2011,<ref name="TaxCinci"/> announced on June 24, 2013 via social media that it had "not been a member of ALEC since 2011."<ref>Publix, [https://twitter.com/Publix/status/349151279764889601 @xultar Publix has not been a member of ALEC since 2011. ^BK], ''Twitter'', June 24, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* '''Purdue Pharma''', Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/>
 
* '''Purdue Pharma''', Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/>
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* '''Reagan National Advertising''' (outdoor advertising company based in Austin, TX), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
 
* '''Reagan National Advertising''' (outdoor advertising company based in Austin, TX), Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting<ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
 
* [[Reckitt Benckiser Group]], Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]<ref name="PSENOLA"/> - told ColorOfChange.org that it is no longer an ALEC member in August 2012<ref name="33-38"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Reckitt Benckiser Group]], Member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]<ref name="PSENOLA"/> - told ColorOfChange.org that it is no longer an ALEC member in August 2012<ref name="33-38"/> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* [[Reed Elsevier]], Inc., member of [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]];<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> and member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]],<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA"/> and [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]<ref name="PSENOLA"/> - announced that it had resigned its board seat and dropped its ALEC membership "after considering the broad range of criticism being leveled at ALEC" on April 12, 2012<ref>Martinne Geller and Jennifer Saba, [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-12/news/sns-rt-us-wendysbre83b1dw-20120412_1_reed-elsevier-gun-laws-alec Reed Elsevier, Wendy's drop conservative group], ''Reuters'', April 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Reed Elsevier]], Inc., member of [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]];<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/> and member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]],<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA"/> and [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]<ref name="PSENOLA"/> - announced that it had resigned its board seat and dropped its ALEC membership "after considering the broad range of criticism being leveled at ALEC" on April 12, 2012<ref>Martinne Geller and Jennifer Saba, [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-12/news/sns-rt-us-wendysbre83b1dw-20120412_1_reed-elsevier-gun-laws-alec Reed Elsevier, Wendy's drop conservative group], ''Reuters'', April 12, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Renovate America, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Renovate America, "Trustee"-level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($5,000).<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>
 
* Repco<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Repco<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''ResCare''', member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSPHX">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_HHS_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf Health and Human Services Task Force Meeting Annual Meeting August 4, 2011 Meeting Minutes], organizational document, October 27, 2011, p. 18, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>
 
* '''ResCare''', member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSPHX">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_HHS_2011_Annual_Meeting.pdf Health and Human Services Task Force Meeting Annual Meeting August 4, 2011 Meeting Minutes], organizational document, October 27, 2011, p. 18, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>
* '''[[Reynolds American]]''',<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/> [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "President" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($100,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> sponsor of [[American Enterprise Institute]] President [[Arthur C. Brooks]]' "Leadership Dinner" speech in 2011,<ref name="2011 Awards"/> sponsor of the "Cigar Reception,"<ref>Eric Carlson, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/08/10939/journalist-kicked-out-alec-conference-threatened-arrest Journalist Kicked out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest], ''PRWatch.org'', August 5, 2011</ref> "President" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> “President” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($100,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "President" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($100,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding">Nick Surgey and Connor Gibson, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/07/12891/alec-conference-funding-dominated-big-polluters ALEC Conference Funding Dominated by Big Polluters]," ''PR Watch''/Greenpeace, July 23, 2015.</ref> "Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($50,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> Reynolds American is a member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> [[International Relations Task Force]]<ref name="IRNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_International_Relations_2012_Annual_Meeting.pdf IR Task Force, June 29, 2011], organizational membership spreadsheet, June 29, 2011, p. 32, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>, [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]],<ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]].<ref name="TaxCinci"/> "President Level" sponsor of 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''[[Reynolds American]]''',<ref name="CLEAR"/><ref name="ALEC Watch"/> [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "President" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($100,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> sponsor of [[American Enterprise Institute]] President [[Arthur C. Brooks]]' "Leadership Dinner" speech in 2011,<ref name="2011 Awards"/> sponsor of the "Cigar Reception,"<ref>Eric Carlson, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/08/10939/journalist-kicked-out-alec-conference-threatened-arrest Journalist Kicked out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest], ''PRWatch.org'', August 5, 2011</ref> "President" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> “President” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($100,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and host committee for the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "President" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($100,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/>Nick Surgey and Connor Gibson, "[https://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/07/12891/alec-conference-funding-dominated-big-polluters ALEC Conference Funding Dominated by Big Polluters]," ''PR Watch''/Greenpeace, July 23, 2015.</ref> "Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($50,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> Reynolds American is a member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]],<ref name="CJNOLA"/> [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> [[International Relations Task Force]]<ref name="IRNOLA">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_International_Relations_2012_Annual_Meeting.pdf IR Task Force, June 29, 2011], organizational membership spreadsheet, June 29, 2011, p. 32, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012</ref>, [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]],<ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]].<ref name="TaxCinci"/> "President Level" sponsor of 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Rhone-Poulenc Rorer,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Rhone-Poulenc Rorer,<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] in 1993<ref name="ALEC Health 1993"/>
 
* Roadway Services<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Roadway Services<ref name="CLEAR"/>
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* Safety-Kleen Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Safety-Kleen Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Sallie Mae]] (SLM Corporation)<ref>Rob McGarrah, [http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/Sallie-Mae-CEO-Agrees-to-Talks-with-Students-on-Loan-Debts Sallie Mae CEO Agrees to Talks with Students on Loan Debts], AFLCIO blog, May 31, 2013.</ref> - Sallie Mae has been an ALEC member, but announced quietly in September 2013 that it had cut ties with the organization.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/09/12237/after-student-protests-sallie-mae-becomes-50th-corporation-dump-alec After Student Protests, Sallie Mae Becomes 50th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch'', September 9, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Sallie Mae]] (SLM Corporation)<ref>Rob McGarrah, [http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Economy/Sallie-Mae-CEO-Agrees-to-Talks-with-Students-on-Loan-Debts Sallie Mae CEO Agrees to Talks with Students on Loan Debts], AFLCIO blog, May 31, 2013.</ref> - Sallie Mae has been an ALEC member, but announced quietly in September 2013 that it had cut ties with the organization.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/09/12237/after-student-protests-sallie-mae-becomes-50th-corporation-dump-alec After Student Protests, Sallie Mae Becomes 50th Corporation to Dump ALEC], ''PRWatch'', September 9, 2013.</ref> Please see [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* '''[[Salt River Project]]''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> and [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Arizona<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> as of 2011 and member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/>
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* '''[[Salt River Project]]''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> and [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Arizona<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> as of 2011 and member of ALEC's [[Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force]]<ref name="EEACinci"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. SRP's Jason Baran listed as a "ALEC Private Sector Member" in 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
 
* Sandoz Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Sandoz Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* [[Sanofi]] (formerly Sanofi-Aventis), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]].<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> Sanofi-Aventis also gave $3,000 to the Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in March 2010.<ref name="AZSchol$">Laura Elliott, American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://dbapress.com/source-materials-archive/source-materials-archive-alec-accountability-act-set-for-introduction-in-arizona Draft AZ Scholarship Fund Account], email to [REDACTED], [[Russell Smoldon]], Kristen Harrison and Patty Wisner (Administrative Assistant to [[Debbie Lesko]], January 6, 2011, p. 13, obtained via public records request by ''DBA Press'', accessed April 2012</ref> Sanofi confirmed to CMD that it was cutting ties to ALEC in October 2012. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Sanofi]] (formerly Sanofi-Aventis), "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]].<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> Sanofi-Aventis also gave $3,000 to the Arizona ALEC Scholarship Fund in March 2010.<ref name="AZSchol$">Laura Elliott, American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://dbapress.com/source-materials-archive/source-materials-archive-alec-accountability-act-set-for-introduction-in-arizona Draft AZ Scholarship Fund Account], email to [REDACTED], [[Russell Smoldon]], Kristen Harrison and Patty Wisner (Administrative Assistant to [[Debbie Lesko]], January 6, 2011, p. 13, obtained via public records request by ''DBA Press'', accessed April 2012</ref><ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/> Sanofi confirmed to CMD that it was cutting ties to ALEC in October 2012. See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* San Diego Gas & Electric<ref name="CLEAR"/> (utility that provides natural gas and electricity to San Diego County and southern Orange County)
 
* San Diego Gas & Electric<ref name="CLEAR"/> (utility that provides natural gas and electricity to San Diego County and southern Orange County)
 
* Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Newmont Mining Corporation]], another previous [[#N|ALEC member]])
 
* Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Newmont Mining Corporation]], another previous [[#N|ALEC member]])
 
* SAP America, previously a member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> and [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA"/> awarded ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector of the Year Award]],<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011</ref> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> Told CMD that it was ceasing funding of ALEC on November 6, 2014 due to ALEC policies on climate change, renewable energy, guns and voting rights.<ref>Nick Surgey: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-surgey/alec-corporate-board-chai_b_6115444.html?utm_hp_ref=climate-change ALEC Corporate Board Chair Quits Over Climate Change, Renewables and Voting Rights], HuffPost, November 6, 2014</ref>
 
* SAP America, previously a member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> and [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA"/> awarded ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector of the Year Award]],<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011</ref> “Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> Told CMD that it was ceasing funding of ALEC on November 6, 2014 due to ALEC policies on climate change, renewable energy, guns and voting rights.<ref>Nick Surgey: [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nick-surgey/alec-corporate-board-chai_b_6115444.html?utm_hp_ref=climate-change ALEC Corporate Board Chair Quits Over Climate Change, Renewables and Voting Rights], HuffPost, November 6, 2014</ref>
 
* [[Sara Lee Corporation]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* [[Sara Lee Corporation]]<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
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* Sazerac Company, "Director" level sponsor of the 2018 Alec Policy meeting.<ref name=doculist/>
 
* SBC Communications Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (company changed its name to [[AT&T]] Inc. after it purchased its former parent company, AT&T Corporation -- AT&T is a current [[#A|ALEC member]])
 
* SBC Communications Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (company changed its name to [[AT&T]] Inc. after it purchased its former parent company, AT&T Corporation -- AT&T is a current [[#A|ALEC member]])
 
* [[SCANA]] Corp.,<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC member in 1992<ref name="1992AR"/>
 
* [[SCANA]] Corp.,<ref name="CLEAR"/> ALEC member in 1992<ref name="1992AR"/>
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* Schwan's Sales Enterprises Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Schwan's Sales Enterprises Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Seagram & Sons, Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (Seagram assets have since been acquired by other companies, notably [[Coca-Cola]], which was recently an [[#C|ALEC member]]; [[Diageo]], which is a current [[#D|ALEC member]]; and Pernod Ricard)
 
* Seagram & Sons, Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (Seagram assets have since been acquired by other companies, notably [[Coca-Cola]], which was recently an [[#C|ALEC member]]; [[Diageo]], which is a current [[#D|ALEC member]]; and Pernod Ricard)
* '''Security Finance Corporation''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/>
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* '''Security Finance Corporation''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Select Management Resources, LLC, lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015.<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20050697 Raymon White], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
 
* Select Management Resources, LLC, lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015.<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20050697 Raymon White], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref>
 
* [[Sempra Energy]] (gave $15,000 to ALEC in 2006<ref>California State Government, [http://www.fppc.ca.gov/cosponsor/2006-senate.xls PAYMENTS FOR LEGISLATIVE, GOVERNMENTAL, OR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES], state senate finance statements, 2006, referenced by [http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/article/alec-supporters-dodging-state-taxes In the Public Interest report on ALEC members dodging taxes], April 18, 2012 accessed April 2012</ref>)
 
* [[Sempra Energy]] (gave $15,000 to ALEC in 2006<ref>California State Government, [http://www.fppc.ca.gov/cosponsor/2006-senate.xls PAYMENTS FOR LEGISLATIVE, GOVERNMENTAL, OR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES], state senate finance statements, 2006, referenced by [http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/article/alec-supporters-dodging-state-taxes In the Public Interest report on ALEC members dodging taxes], April 18, 2012 accessed April 2012</ref>)
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* Southwestern Bell Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now [[AT&T]], a current [[#A|ALEC member]])
 
* Southwestern Bell Corp.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now [[AT&T]], a current [[#A|ALEC member]])
 
* Southwire Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Southwire Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/>
* '''Spectra Energy''' (natural gas infrastructure company), "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
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* '''Spectra Energy'''(natural gas infrastructure company), now merged with [[Enbridge]].<ref> [https://www.enbridge.com/enbridge-and-spectra Enbridge and Spectra], Enbridge website, accessed Feb. 19, 2019.</ref> "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* [[Sprint Nextel]] (formerly United Telephone Company of Texas, a previous ALEC member<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>), Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]].  Sprint told Color of Change in August, 2012, that the company did not renew its membership for 2012. <ref name="ITNOLA"/>
 
* [[Sprint Nextel]] (formerly United Telephone Company of Texas, a previous ALEC member<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/>), Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]].  Sprint told Color of Change in August, 2012, that the company did not renew its membership for 2012. <ref name="ITNOLA"/>
* '''[[State Farm]] Insurance Co.''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> corporate co-chair of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]],<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/commerce-insurance-and-economic-development/ Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force], organizational website, accessed April 2012</ref> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
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* '''[[State Farm]] Insurance Co.''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> corporate co-chair of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]],<ref>American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.alec.org/task-forces/commerce-insurance-and-economic-development/ Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force], organizational website, accessed April 2012</ref> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|Private Sector Member of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>[[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''State Net''' (private company reporting on state legislation, with clients including "five of the nation's ten largest companies"<ref>State Net, [http://www.statenet.com/about/clients/ Clients], company website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''State Net''' (private company reporting on state legislation, with clients including "five of the nation's ten largest companies"<ref>State Net, [http://www.statenet.com/about/clients/ Clients], company website, accessed August 8, 2011</ref>), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($10,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* Strategic Advocacy Group<ref name="CLEAR"/> (public relations firm)
 
* Strategic Advocacy Group<ref name="CLEAR"/> (public relations firm)
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* [[T-mobile|T-Mobile]] USA, Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA"/> told Common Cause on April 8, 2015 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref>Common Cause, [http://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/t-mobile-cuts-ties-with-alec.html T-Mobile Cuts Ties with ALEC], organizational press release, April 8, 2015.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[T-mobile|T-Mobile]] USA, Member of ALEC's [[Communications and Technology Task Force]],<ref name="ITNOLA"/> told Common Cause on April 8, 2015 that it had cut ties to ALEC.<ref>Common Cause, [http://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/t-mobile-cuts-ties-with-alec.html T-Mobile Cuts Ties with ALEC], organizational press release, April 8, 2015.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* '''[[Takeda]] Pharmaceutical''' (global pharmaceutical company based in Japan), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Alaska, South Dakota and Washington,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|State Chair of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "President" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($100,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> "Director" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 Annual Conference,<ref name="SLC Agenda"/> "Director" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> Takeda's Head of Governmental and External Affairs, David L. Dieter, also spoke at a plenary session at the 2011 Annual Conference.<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
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* '''[[Takeda]] Pharmaceutical''' (global pharmaceutical company based in Japan). In May, 2019, [https://www.commoncause.org/resource/coalition-letters-to-alec-corporate-funders-over-david-horowitz-involvement-in-alec/ Takeda confirmed to Common Cause] that it has "is not a member of ALEC. Please be assured that Takeda is committed to diversity and inclusion – treating everyone regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, disability, or any other personal characteristic fairly and equally." See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more. [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Alaska, South Dakota and Washington,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> recipient of ALEC's 2011 [[ALEC Award Winners|State Chair of the Year Award]],<ref name="2011 Awards"/> "President" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($100,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> member of Louisiana Host Committee,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>, member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> "Director" level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11679/lot-white-space-firms-drop-alecs-meeting-brochure A Lot of White Space: Firms Drop Off ALEC's Meeting Brochure], ''PRWatch'', July 30, 2012.</ref> member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 Annual Conference,<ref name="SLC Agenda"/> "Director" level sponsor at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000),<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniversary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> and "Director" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Trustee's" level funder of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference.<ref name="aarp 2016"/> Takeda's Head of Governmental and External Affairs, David L. Dieter, also spoke at a plenary session at the 2011 Annual Conference.<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Tampa Electric Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (the principal subsidiary of [[TECO Energy]], another previous ALEC member)
 
* Tampa Electric Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (the principal subsidiary of [[TECO Energy]], another previous ALEC member)
 
* Taser International Inc. (stun gun maker), ALEC [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] member<ref>Alison Fitzgerald, [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/pro-gun-group-s-call-to-sell-seized-weapons-advances-to-states.html Pro-Gun Group’s Call to Sell Seized Weapons Advances to States], ''Bloomberg'', August 10, 2011</ref><ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Civil Justice Task Force]] Member;<ref name="CJNOLA"/> terminated ALEC membership on January 14, 2013, according to ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* Taser International Inc. (stun gun maker), ALEC [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]] member<ref>Alison Fitzgerald, [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-11/pro-gun-group-s-call-to-sell-seized-weapons-advances-to-states.html Pro-Gun Group’s Call to Sell Seized Weapons Advances to States], ''Bloomberg'', August 10, 2011</ref><ref name="PSENOLA"/> and [[Civil Justice Task Force]] Member;<ref name="CJNOLA"/> terminated ALEC membership on January 14, 2013, according to ALEC document.<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* Tropicana<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now owned by [[#P|PepsiCo]], a former [[#P|ALEC member]])
 
* Tropicana<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now owned by [[#P|PepsiCo]], a former [[#P|ALEC member]])
 
* TRW Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Northrop Grumman]], another previous [[#N|ALEC member]])
 
* TRW Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Northrop Grumman]], another previous [[#N|ALEC member]])
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*'''Tucson Electic Power/UniSource Energy Services''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]]. TE's Steven Eddy listed as a "ALEC Private Sector Member" in 2018 email.<ref name="taylor"/>
 
* TXANS<ref name="CLEAR"/> (works with Texan employers on injury prevention and the provision of workplace injury benefits by non-subscribers to workers' compensation)
 
* TXANS<ref name="CLEAR"/> (works with Texan employers on injury prevention and the provision of workplace injury benefits by non-subscribers to workers' compensation)
 
* '''TXU Energy''' (subsidiary of [[Energy Future Holdings]]), "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
 
* '''TXU Energy''' (subsidiary of [[Energy Future Holdings]]), "Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref>
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* [[UnitedHealth Group]], "Chairman" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee;<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> Representatives Tom McGraw, Vice President of Government Program Integrity at subsidiary OptumInsight, Wayne Neff, Senior Vice President of subsidiary OptumHealthPublic Sector, and Russell C. Petrella, Community & State President of UnitedHealthcare, also spoke at a "Medicaid Crisis in the States: Private Sector Solutions You Can Use" workshop at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting;<ref name="Workshop #3"/> member of the [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]; terminated its membership on April 22, 2013, according to an ALEC document, adding that it "left along with [[#B|BCBS]]."<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[UnitedHealth Group]], "Chairman" level sponsor of and exhibitor at 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of Louisiana Host Committee;<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> Representatives Tom McGraw, Vice President of Government Program Integrity at subsidiary OptumInsight, Wayne Neff, Senior Vice President of subsidiary OptumHealthPublic Sector, and Russell C. Petrella, Community & State President of UnitedHealthcare, also spoke at a "Medicaid Crisis in the States: Private Sector Solutions You Can Use" workshop at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting;<ref name="Workshop #3"/> member of the [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]; terminated its membership on April 22, 2013, according to an ALEC document, adding that it "left along with [[#B|BCBS]]."<ref name="ALECboard"/> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* United Infrastructure Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (design/build contractor operating internationally)
 
* United Infrastructure Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (design/build contractor operating internationally)
* '''[[United Parcel Service]] (UPS)''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Executive Committee member,<ref name="Commerce Executive Committee"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of California,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> “Vice Chairman” level sponsor ($25,000) at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> sponsor for the reception for incoming chairmen ($50,000) at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of ALEC's 2014 States and Nation Policy Summit;<ref name="2014SNPS"/> lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015,<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20120007 Frank A. Morris], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Vice Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> Listed as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/>
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* '''[[United Parcel Service]] (UPS)''', [[ALEC "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors]] member,<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] Executive Committee member,<ref name="Commerce Executive Committee"/><ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of California,<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> sponsor of the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> “Vice Chairman” level sponsor ($25,000) at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> sponsor for the reception for incoming chairmen ($50,000) at the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12208/more-corporations-drop-alecs-conference-brochure More Corporations Drop Off ALEC’s Conference Brochure], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2014 ALEC Annual Conference,<ref>Nick Surgey, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12557/polluters Coal and Oil Polluters Dominate ALEC Conference], ''PRWatch'', July 31, 2014.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of ALEC's 2014 States and Nation Policy Summit;<ref name="2014SNPS"/> lobbying filings in Georgia reported paying for legislators' meals at the Georgia General Assembly Delegation Dinner at an ALEC policy conference in 2015,<ref name="georgia lobbyists dig deep"/><ref>Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, [http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_Name.aspx?&FilerID=L20120007 Frank A. Morris], Lobbyist Report Forms, May 1-May 31 2015 filing, accessed June 2015.</ref> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of the 2015 ALEC Annual Conference ($25,000),<ref name="2015 conference funding"/> "Vice Chair" level sponsor of ALEC's 2016 Annual Conference ($25,000).<ref name="exxon 2016"/> Listed as a "Vice Chairman Level" sponsor for the 2017 ALEC Annual Meeting.<ref name="2017program"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* '''United States Steel Corporation''', sponsored the 2012 States & Nation Policy Meeting in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> and “Director” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* '''United States Steel Corporation''', sponsored the 2012 States & Nation Policy Meeting in Washington, DC,<ref name="SNPS 2012"/> and “Director” level sponsor of the 2013 ALEC Annual Conference ($15,000).<ref>Lisa Graves, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC’s 40th Anniverary Meeting], ''PRWatch'', August 15, 2013.</ref>
 
* The Upjohn Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Pharmacia AB]], [[Monsanto]] and [[Pfizer]], all of which have ties to ALEC)
 
* The Upjohn Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (now part of [[Pharmacia AB]], [[Monsanto]] and [[Pfizer]], all of which have ties to ALEC)
 
* '''UPS Airlines''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Kentucky<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''UPS Airlines''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Kentucky<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''U.S. Generating Company''',<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
 
* '''U.S. Generating Company''',<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> "Vice Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($25,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/>
* '''U.S. Oncology''', Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/>
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* '''U.S. Oncology''', Member of ALEC [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* UST Public Affairs Inc.<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (now [[United States Smokeless Tobacco Company]], a wholly-owned subsidiary of [[Altria]])
 
* UST Public Affairs Inc.<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (now [[United States Smokeless Tobacco Company]], a wholly-owned subsidiary of [[Altria]])
 
* US West, Inc.<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (later [[Qwest Communications]], and [[CenturyLink]] as of April 2011, both [[#C|ALEC members]])
 
* US West, Inc.<ref name="ALEC Watch"/><ref name="CLEAR"/> (later [[Qwest Communications]], and [[CenturyLink]] as of April 2011, both [[#C|ALEC members]])
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* Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC)<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC)<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* VASA Brougher<ref name="CLEAR"/> (acquired by  the Centris Group)
 
* VASA Brougher<ref name="CLEAR"/> (acquired by  the Centris Group)
* '''[[Verizon]] Communications, Inc.''', former [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> and current [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Virginia and Wyoming<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> and [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/>  
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* '''[[Verizon]] Communications, Inc.''', '''Informed The Intercept that it was leaving ALEC because ALEC hosted hate monger [[David Horowitz]] to speak at the 2018 Annual Meeting.<ref>Nick Surgey and Lee Fang, [https://theintercept.com/2018/09/15/verizon-alec-david-horowitz/ VERIZON LEAVES RIGHT-WING LEGISLATIVE GROUP ALEC OVER ITS INVITATION TO ANTI-MUSLIM ACTIVIST DAVID HOROWITZ],''The Intercept'', September 15, 2018.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.''' Former [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces #"Private Enterprise" Board of Directors|Private Enterprise Board]] member<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/> and current [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Virginia and Wyoming<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and member of ALEC's [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]]<ref name="TaxCinci"/> and [[Communications and Technology Task Force]]<ref name="ITNOLA"/>  
 
* Viad Corp.<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* Viad Corp.<ref name="ALEC Watch"/>
 
* '''Virginia Uranium''', sponsored the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC.<ref name="SNPS 2012"/>
 
* '''Virginia Uranium''', sponsored the 2012 States & Nation Policy Summit in Washington, DC.<ref name="SNPS 2012"/>
 
* [[Visa]], "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and sponsor of the August 5th, 2011, Plenary Session speech of [[FreedomWorks]]' [[Dick Armey]];<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> also member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]];<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> told Boston Common Asset Management, which had been engaging with the company over the past year on lobbying disclosure, that it had dropped its ALEC membership in December 2013.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/12/12332/alec-not-where-visa-wants-be ALEC Is Not Where Visa Wants to Be], ''PRWatch'', December 4, 2013.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Visa]], "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and sponsor of the August 5th, 2011, Plenary Session speech of [[FreedomWorks]]' [[Dick Armey]];<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> also member of ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]];<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> told Boston Common Asset Management, which had been engaging with the company over the past year on lobbying disclosure, that it had dropped its ALEC membership in December 2013.<ref>Brendan Fischer, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/12/12332/alec-not-where-visa-wants-be ALEC Is Not Where Visa Wants to Be], ''PRWatch'', December 4, 2013.</ref> See [[Corporations that Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* '''Vistra Energy''', [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
  
 
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* [[Walgreens]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> - announced in July 2012 that it "will not be renewing its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council."<ref name="29/30">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11659/alec-down-30-corporations-general-motors-and-walgreens-cut-ties ALEC Down 30 Corporations: General Motors and Walgreens Cut Ties], ''PRWatch.org'', July 26, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Walgreens]],<ref name="CLEAR"/> member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]]<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and "Trustee" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($5,000 in 2010)<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> - announced in July 2012 that it "will not be renewing its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council."<ref name="29/30">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/07/11659/alec-down-30-corporations-general-motors-and-walgreens-cut-ties ALEC Down 30 Corporations: General Motors and Walgreens Cut Ties], ''PRWatch.org'', July 26, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' (owned by Murdoch's [[News Corporation]], an [[#N|ALEC member]]) and ALEC [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] member via Editorial Board member [[Stephen Moore]]<ref name="TaxMeetingAgenda"/>
 
* ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' (owned by Murdoch's [[News Corporation]], an [[#N|ALEC member]]) and ALEC [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] member via Editorial Board member [[Stephen Moore]]<ref name="TaxMeetingAgenda"/>
* [[Wal-Mart]] Stores<ref name="CLEAR"/>, Member of ALEC [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces#"Private Sector" Board of Directors|corporate board]],<ref name="Private Enterprise Board"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]],<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] - Wal-Mart told ''Reuters'' on May 30 that it is suspending its ALEC membership.<ref>Jessica Wohl, [http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-walmart-alec-idUSBRE84U05N20120531?irpc=932 Wal-Mart ending membership in conservative group], ''Reuters'', May 31, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
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* [[Wal-Mart]] Stores<ref name="CLEAR"/>, Member of ALEC [[ALEC Boards and Task Forces#"Private Sector" Board of Directors|corporate board]],<ref name="Private Enterprise Board2011"/> "Chairman" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference<ref name="2011 Conference Sponsors"/> ($50,000 in 2010),<ref name="Sponsorship Levels"/> and member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]],<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> [[Health and Human Services Task Force]],<ref name="HHSNOLA"/> and [[Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force]] - Wal-Mart told ''Reuters'' on May 30 that it is suspending its ALEC membership.<ref>Jessica Wohl, [http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/us-walmart-alec-idUSBRE84U05N20120531?irpc=932 Wal-Mart ending membership in conservative group], ''Reuters'', May 31, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
 
* [[Walt Klein & Associates]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* [[Walt Klein & Associates]]<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Wardwell Braiding Machine Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (supplier of braiding textile equipment)
 
* Wardwell Braiding Machine Co.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (supplier of braiding textile equipment)
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* Whiteco<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* Whiteco<ref name="CLEAR"/>
 
* '''The Williams Companies''' (natural gas company<ref>The Williams Company, [http://www.energy.williams.com/Who_We_Are Who We Are], corporate website, accessed August 10, 2011.</ref>), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Oklahoma<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
 
* '''The Williams Companies''' (natural gas company<ref>The Williams Company, [http://www.energy.williams.com/Who_We_Are Who We Are], corporate website, accessed August 10, 2011.</ref>), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Oklahoma<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/>
* '''Wine Institute''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> and [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]<ref name="PSENOLA"/>
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* '''Wine Institute''', Member of ALEC [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]]<ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> and [[Public Safety and Elections Task Force]]<ref name="PSENOLA"/> [[ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting Attendees | Private Sector Member registered for the 2017 Annual Meeting]].
 
* Wireless Generation (a for-profit online education, software and testing corporation), member 2007-2009,<ref name="RWPRW">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11531/rupert-murdochs-news-corp-alec-member Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Is an ALEC Member], ''PRWatch.org'', May 25, 2012.</ref> listed as new ALEC member in 2012,<ref name="EduCharlotte">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_Education_2012_STFS.pdf Education Task Force Meeting ALEC’s 2012 Spring Task Force Summit Agenda], organizational meeting agenda, May 11, 2012, obtained and released by Common Cause, April 2012</ref> (the company denies this).<ref name="RWPRW"/> The company was acquired by [[#N|ALEC member]] [[News Corporation]] in 2010, and as of 2013 has been folded-in to News Corp's "Amplify" education division.
 
* Wireless Generation (a for-profit online education, software and testing corporation), member 2007-2009,<ref name="RWPRW">Rebekah Wilce, [https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/05/11531/rupert-murdochs-news-corp-alec-member Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Is an ALEC Member], ''PRWatch.org'', May 25, 2012.</ref> listed as new ALEC member in 2012,<ref name="EduCharlotte">American Legislative Exchange Council, [http://www.commoncause.org/issues/more-democracy-reforms/alec/whistleblower-complaint/original-complaint/National_ALEC_Exhibit_4_Education_2012_STFS.pdf Education Task Force Meeting ALEC’s 2012 Spring Task Force Summit Agenda], organizational meeting agenda, May 11, 2012, obtained and released by Common Cause, April 2012</ref> (the company denies this).<ref name="RWPRW"/> The company was acquired by [[#N|ALEC member]] [[News Corporation]] in 2010, and as of 2013 has been folded-in to News Corp's "Amplify" education division.
 
* WMX Technologies Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (formerly [[Waste Management]] Inc., another previous [[#W|ALEC member]])
 
* WMX Technologies Inc.<ref name="CLEAR"/> (formerly [[Waste Management]] Inc., another previous [[#W|ALEC member]])

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Learn more about corporations VOTING to rewrite our laws.

Corporations identified as being involved with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since CMD's ALEC Exposed project launched in 2011 -- reliant upon the most recently available documentation or communication -- appear in BOLD below. All connections are footnoted.

Note that for corporations not in bold, either the corporation has stated that it is no longer involved or documentation on involvement with ALEC is less recent.

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About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site.

Corporate Board

For a more complete list of current and former ALEC formerly "Private Enterprise" Advisory Council (formerly "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors) members, see the "Private Enterprise" Board of Directors list. Advisory council corporations have included (members as of June 2014 in bold):[1][2][3]

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  • QEP Resources ("natural gas and oil exploration and production company"[269]), "Director" level sponsor of 2011 ALEC Annual Conference[31] ($10,000 in 2010)[32]
  • Quaker Oats Co.[20] (now part of PepsiCo, a former ALEC member)

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  • Zions Bank, Member of ALEC Utah Host Committee for 2012 annual meeting[61] and “Vice Chairman” level sponsor of the 2012 ALEC Annual Meeting.[330]
  • Zoom Cycle Accessories[20]
  • Zurich Insurance[22]

Trade Groups

See ALEC Trade Groups.

Law and Lobbying Firms

See ALEC Law Firms.

Think Tanks and Other Non-Profit Groups

See ALEC Non-Profits.

Governmental Groups

See ALEC Governmental Groups.

Articles and Resources

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References

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