Liberal organization links Wisconsin bills to Koch-funded group

Source: jsonline.com




Liberal organization links Wisconsin bills to Koch-funded group (ALEC)

July 13, 2011 2:40 p.m. |(83) Comments
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Mary Bottari, spokeswoman for the left-wing Center for Media and Democracy, said the moist tobacco proposal illustrates the influence the relatively obscure conservative outfit has on the legislative process in Wisconsin and other states.

"These are very specific, ideological agenda items," said Bottari, whose group is making available online 800-plus of ALEC's draft bills and resolutions that it obtained from a whistleblower. "It's deserving of some scrutiny."

Overall, her media research group has identified about 20 ALEC proposals that it says have been introduced or approved by Wisconsin lawmakers this year.

For instance, the center finds strong parallels between nine ALEC measures and the tort-reform law introduced by Walker and approved by the GOP-controlled Legislature in a special session in January.......................

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The article says that Walker and Repugs deny this. They lie very easily-very very easily.

...a copy we made of the ALEC bill. See the difference?