ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) is a group of corporations, law firms, and legislators who work secretly to pass legislation on the state and federal level. Many of these bills are written by corporations and then introduced into the state legislatures, but lately they have expanded to also take on gun control and social issues. Due to this, several corporations such as Wal-Mart, McDonalds, Coca Cola, Kraft, and others have dropped out of the organization.
For more information, visit ALEC Exposed
The corporations currently listed as members include:
- 1-800 Contacts
- Abbott Laboratories
- Alkermes
- Allergan
- Altria Group
- Ameren
- American Electric Power
- Amerigroup
- Amgen Inc
- AOL
- Apotex Corp
- Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics
- Astellas Pharma
- AstraZeneca
- AT&T
- Bayer Corp
- BNSF Railway
- BP America
- Bristol-Myers Squib
- Brown-Forman Corp
- CashAmerica
- Celgene Corp
- CenturyLink
- Comcast
- ConocoPhillips
- Continental Resources
- Con-Way
- Coventry Health Care
- Cox Enterprises
- Cracker Barrel
- Crown Cork & Seal
- CSX
- Diageo
- Dominion Resources
- Dow Chemical
- Duke Energy
- eBay
- Eli Lilly
- Emerson Electric
- Encana
- Endo Health Solutions
- Energy Future Holdings
- EnergySolutions
- Energy Transfer
- Entergy
- ExxonMobil
- EZCorp
- FedEx
- Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
- Genesee & Wyoming
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Honeywell
- International Paper
- JR Simplot Company
- Kansas City Southern
- Koch Industries
- Merck
- Micron Technology
- Northwestern Energy
- Novartis
- NV Energy
- Occidental Petroleum
- Peabody Energy
- Pfizer Inc
- Pinnacle West Capital
- Progress Energy
- Publix Supermarkets
- Purdue Pharma
- Questar
- Raytheon
- Reynolds American
- Sanofi
- SAP America
- Shell Oil Company
- Spectra Energy
- State Farm Insurance
- T-Mobile
- Takeda Pharmaceutical
- Taser International
- Teva Pharmaceuticals
- Texas Roadhouse
- Transurban
- Unilever
- Union Pacific
- United Healthcare
- UPS
- Verizon Communications
- WellPoint
- Western Union
- Xcel Energy
Corporations who have publicly cut ties with ALEC are:
- Amazon.com
- Arizona Public Services Company
- Best Buy
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- Coca-Cola
- CVS Caremark
- Dell
- Express Scripts
- General Motors
- Hewlett-Packard
- Intuit
- John Deere
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kraft Foods
- Mars Inc
- McDonalds
- Medco Health Solutions
- Medtronic
- Pepsi
- Procter & Gamble
- Reed Elsivier
- Walgreens
- Walmart
- Wendys
- YUM! Brands


