Conservative policy group discovered violating Minnesota lobbying law

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Kase Wickman

The American Legislative Exchange Council, a state legislative group based in D.C., rebuked a recommendation that they should register as lobbyists in Minnesota, The Minnesota Independent reported.

“We’re not lobbyists because we don’t lobby, none of our staff are registered lobbyists,” ALEC spokesman Raegan Weber told the Indpendent. “We take a policy position. Just as most Americans have an opinion on policy, so do we, but we do not do a call to action, according to the IRS there has to be a call to action.”

On ALEC's website, they describe themselves as a "nonpartisan individual membership organization of state legislators which favors federalism and conservative public policy solutions."

However, the group is generally associated with corporate interests and their meetings are attended almost exclusively by conservative legislators.

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/12/conservative-policy-group-discovered-violating-minnesota-lobbying-law/

[louis-t]

1. They are "non-partisan" yet they push conservative policies.

They then claim that their policies are some sort of "solutions"? :rofl: