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Author: Daily Kos - David Waldman
9 Aug 2011
ALEC’s creepy influence in Wisconsin (with recall angle!)
Republican state senators Sheila Harsdorf, Luther Olsen, Alberta Darling and Randy "Bed" Hopper all believe that lowering taxes on moist soft products is a serious enough priority for Wisconsin families that they fought to insert the moist snuff tax preference provision into the already highly contentious state budget.
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Author: St. Petersburg Times
4 Aug 2011
Dozens of Florida Republicans at ALEC legislative conference courtesy of taxpayers, lobbyists
Dozens of Florida legislators are in New Orleans this week for three days of pro-business pep talks, policy seminars and great food. The annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, features topics such as public pensions, Medicaid reform and tax policy, with such conservative stalwarts as economist Arthur Laffer and former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey.