Pocan urges GAB investigation of ALEC’s lobbying activity

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http://www.politiscoop.com/us-politics/wisconsin-politics/836-pocan-urges-gab-investigation-of-alecs-lobbying-activity.html

Pocan urges GAB investigation of ALEC’s lobbying activity

MADISON – Today, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) requested the state’s Government Accountability Board investigate potential ethics violations involving state lawmakers accepting scholarships and gifts from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate lobbying group.
Representative Mark Pocan (D-Madison)has crashed ALEC’s conventions twice, becoming a member in an effort to learn more about the secretive lobbying group. In doing so, he exposed ALEC as a lobbying organization that evades Wisconsin lobby law by lobbying for “model” legislation before it is formally introduced.

“I’ve infiltrated their conferences and I’ve watched corporations wine and dine lawmakers,” said Pocan. “ALEC corporate partners write model legislation, lobby lawmakers and all too often have legislators introduce their bills. It’s either a violation of our ethics laws or a high-class corporate dating service.”

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1. Mark Pocan is great!