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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.<ref>Georgia State Senate, [http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/SenateLeadership.aspx Senate Leadership], government website, accessed July 25, 2011</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/senate/rogersbio.php Chip Rogers] Georgia State Legislature, Accessed July 7, 2011.</ref>

Rogers is also a member of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC). He is the Georgia [[ALEC State Chairmen|State Chairman]] for ALEC,<ref>[http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=State_Chairmen&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=13614 State Chairmen], American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC.org, Accessed July 7, 2011. </ref>-- in August 2011 he received ALEC's [[ALEC Award Winners|State Chair 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>-- as well as on the [[ALEC Board of Directors]], as of July 2011.<ref>[http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Board_of_Directors&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11888 Board of Directors], American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC.org, Accessed July 7, 2011.</ref>Rogers is the Treasurer on the Board of Directors of ALEC and has received a total of $7,895.91 in ALEC “scholarships” according to data from 2006 to 2008.