Vermont ALEC Politicians
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About ALEC |
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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 ExposedbyCMD.org site.
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For a list of politicians with known ALEC ties, please see ALEC Politicians.
This is a partial list of Vermont politicians that are known to be involved in, or previously involved in, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It is a partial list. (If you have additional names, please add them with a citation. The names in this original list were verified as of posting.)
Legislators who have cut ties with ALEC publicly are also listed here.
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Vermont Legislators with ALEC Ties
House of Representatives
- Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Cupoli (R-5-2) joined ALEC in 2013; attended the 2020 ALEC Annual Meeting; member of the Education and Workforce Development Task Force[1]
- Rep. Robert Helm (R-03), State Chair, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[2] Helm was caught on tape explaining how corporations subsidize lawmakers' ALEC trips by an NBC investigative reporter in 2015.[3]
Senate
- Sen. Brian Collamore (R-Rutland)[4]
Former Representatives
- Rep. Gregory Clark (R-3)[5]
- Rep. Patricia McCoy (R-1)[4]
- Rep. James McNeil (R/D-1), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[6]
- Former Rep. Patricia O'Donnell (R-1), former ALEC State Chairman[5]
- Rep. Brian Savage (R-4)[4]
Former Senators
- Special Assistant To The Governor, Director of Workforce Expansion at State of Vermont, former Sen. Dustin Degree[4]
- Sen. Margaret (Peg) Flory (R-3), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force Member [7]
- Assistant Minority Leader Kevin Mullin (R-Rutland), ALEC State Chairman, 2007,[8] 2012[9]
References
- ↑ David Armiak and Arn Pearson, ALEC Has Half the Legislative Members it Claims, Exposed by CMD, December 1, 2022.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ Paul Heintz, "TV Station Features Vermont Republican in ALEC Exposé," Seven Days, May 27, 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Jamie Corey NEW ALEC MEMBERSHIP LIST NAMES MORE LEGISLATORS TIED TO THE GROUP Documented June 6, 2019
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid, RE: the EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, March 10, 2010
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Public Safety & Elections Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Minutes, organizational document, June 30, 2011, p. 5, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly Members, 2007, VT Secretary of State website, accessed Dec. 12, 2013.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chair, organization website, accessed April 2012