Chip Rogers
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Chip Rogers is a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate and is the Majority Leader in 2011. He has served since 2004, and served in the Georgia House of Representatives starting in 2002.[1] He serves on the following committees: Administrative Affairs, Appropriations - Ex-Officio, Assignments, Banking and Financial Institutions, Economic Development, Finance - Secretary, Insurance and Labor, Reapportionment and Redistricting and Rules - Ex-Officio.[2]
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Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Rogers is also a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). He is the Georgia State Chairman for ALEC,[3]-- in August 2011 he received ALEC's State Chair of the Year Award.[4] Rogers has been ALEC's Treasurer and received a total of at least $7,895.91 in corporate ALEC "scholarships," according to data from 2006 to 2008.[5]
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Related SourceWatch Articles
Related Resources from the Center for Media and Democracy
- Center for Media and Democracy, ALECexposed.org, organizational website, first published July 2011.
- Center for Media and Democracy, Buying Influence: How the American Legislative Exchange Council Uses Corporate-Funded "Scholarships" to Send Lawmakers on Trips with Corporate Lobbyists, organizational report, updated August 2013.
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- ↑ Georgia State Senate, Senate Leadership, government website, accessed July 25, 2011
- ↑ Chip Rogers Georgia State Legislature, Accessed July 7, 2011.
- ↑ State Chairmen, American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC.org, Accessed July 7, 2011.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ Center for Media and Democracy, Buying Influence: How the American Legislative Exchange Council Uses Corporate-Funded "Scholarships" to Send Lawmakers on Trips with Corporate Lobbyists, organizational report, updated August 2013.
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