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To see a list of corporations and other groups known to be connected with ALEC now or in the past, please see [[ALEC Corporations]].
To see a list of corporations and other groups known to be connected with ALEC now or in the past, please see [[ALEC Corporations]].
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As of August 2014, at least '''
80
corporations and 19 non-profits -- for a total of
99
private sector members -- have publicly announced that they cut ties with the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC)''' (three of those corporations have [[#Corporations that Claimed They Were Cutting Ties but Returned to ALEC|subsequently returned to ALEC]], and many of the [[#Trade Associations and Non-Profits|non-profits]] listed by ALEC as "lapsed" in August 2013 share an ideological agenda with and noted their desire to return to ALEC):
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As of August 2014, at least '''
85
corporations and 19 non-profits -- for a total of
104
private sector members -- have publicly announced that they cut ties with the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC)''' (three of those corporations have [[#Corporations that Claimed They Were Cutting Ties but Returned to ALEC|subsequently returned to ALEC]], and many of the [[#Trade Associations and Non-Profits|non-profits]] listed by ALEC as "lapsed" in August 2013 share an ideological agenda with and noted their desire to return to ALEC):
==Corporations==
==Corporations==
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* '''[[Xcel Energy]]''', the ALEC corporate state chair of Wisconsin as of August 2011, told the ''Boulder Weekly'' in January 2014 that it was a member of ALEC until 2011<ref>[http://npaper-wehaa.com/boulder-weekly/2014/01/09/#?article=2121357 Letters I], ''Boulder Weekly'', January 9, 2014.</ref> and that it hadn't funded ALEC since 2010.<ref>Jefferson Dodge, [http://npaper-wehaa.com/boulder-weekly/2014/01/09/#?article=2121389 New PUC member might hinder Boulder’s municipalization], ''Boulder Weekly'', January 9, 2014.</ref>
* '''[[Xcel Energy]]''', the ALEC corporate state chair of Wisconsin as of August 2011, told the ''Boulder Weekly'' in January 2014 that it was a member of ALEC until 2011<ref>[http://npaper-wehaa.com/boulder-weekly/2014/01/09/#?article=2121357 Letters I], ''Boulder Weekly'', January 9, 2014.</ref> and that it hadn't funded ALEC since 2010.<ref>Jefferson Dodge, [http://npaper-wehaa.com/boulder-weekly/2014/01/09/#?article=2121389 New PUC member might hinder Boulder’s municipalization], ''Boulder Weekly'', January 9, 2014.</ref>
* '''Endo Pharmaceuticals''', a member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] as of April 2012, announced that it had cut ties with ALEC in January 2014 after engagement with Trillium Asset Management<ref>Trillium Asset Management, [http://www.trilliuminvest.com/news-articles-category/thinking-capital/endo-health-solutions-exits-alec/ Endo Health Solutions Exits ALEC], press release, January 8, 2014.</ref>
* '''Endo Pharmaceuticals''', a member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] as of April 2012, announced that it had cut ties with ALEC in January 2014 after engagement with Trillium Asset Management<ref>Trillium Asset Management, [http://www.trilliuminvest.com/news-articles-category/thinking-capital/endo-health-solutions-exits-alec/ Endo Health Solutions Exits ALEC], press release, January 8, 2014.</ref>
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* '''[[3M]]''', an ALEC member in the late 1990s,<ref name="CLEAR">Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, project of the Environmental Working Group, [http://web.archive.org/web/200012021600/http://wyl.ewg.org/FoxProCGI.acgi$run_module?data_code=CLEAR&extra_code=group_code=ORG197&the_type=Group& Information on American Legislative Exchange Council], archived organizational profile, archived by Wayback Machine December 2, 2000, accessed August 19, 2011</ref> stated as of a company corporate governance disclosure revised in May 2013, "3M has not been a member in groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)."<ref>3M, [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MTczMDgyfENoaWxkSUQ9LTF8VHlwZT0z&t=1 Political Activities and Issue Advocacy], corporate governance document, revised May 8, 2013.</ref>
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* '''[[Darden Restaurants]]''', a member of ALEC's [[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> 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, [http://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>
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* '''[[IBM]]''' confirmed in June 2013 that it is no longer an ALEC member and does not "provide ALEC with any financial support, including financial support for their meetings."<ref>IBM spokesperson, email, June 2013, on file with CMD.</ref>
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* '''[[Intel]]''', an ALEC funder in 2002,<ref name="ALEC Watch 4">Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221558/http://www.alecwatch.org/chapterfour.html Chapter Four: The Deep Pockets]," ''Corporate America's Trojan Horse in the States: The Untold Story Behind the American Legislative Exchange Council'', online report, 2003, accessed April 2012</ref> stated in June 2013 that it is not a member of ALEC and does not sponsor ALEC<ref>Intel spokesperson, Re: Intel, email, June 11, 2013, on file with CMD.</ref>
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* '''[[Nestlé]] USA Inc.''' was, according to a company spokesperson, "a low-tier member of ALEC during a several year span in the 1990s ending, as I recall, in 1999, but has "not been a member of ALEC since that time" and does "not foresee a circumstance where we would consider rejoining," as of May 2013.<ref>Nestlé spokesperson, RE: Nestle - ALEC Involvement Clarification, email, May 31, 2013, on file with CMD.</ref>
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* '''Ideal Image Development''', joined ALEC's [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] on July 3, 2013<ref name="ALECboard"/>
* '''[[AstraZeneca]]''', a member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] as well as [[ALEC State Chairs|state corporate co-chair of Delaware]], 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>
* '''[[AstraZeneca]]''', a member of ALEC's [[Health and Human Services Task Force]] as well as [[ALEC State Chairs|state corporate co-chair of Delaware]], 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>
* '''[[Ameren]]''', a sponsor of ALEC's 1998 annual meeting as well as of "Missouri Night" at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans during the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, told the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' that the company is not a member of ALEC in April 2014.<ref>[http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ameren-fends-off-activist-shareholder-proposals/article_b299b042-b43a-52d9-8779-cbadbbc897c8.html Ameren fends off activist shareholder proposals], ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', April 24, 2014.</ref>
* '''[[Ameren]]''', a sponsor of ALEC's 1998 annual meeting as well as of "Missouri Night" at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans during the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, told the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' that the company is not a member of ALEC in April 2014.<ref>[http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ameren-fends-off-activist-shareholder-proposals/article_b299b042-b43a-52d9-8779-cbadbbc897c8.html Ameren fends off activist shareholder proposals], ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', April 24, 2014.</ref>