... there will be no ALEC related Pulitzers at the Washington Post it looks like. But a mention, reporter clearly knows the score, but.... {fizzle... crackle, POOF.} no big deal. Last ALEC anything was the Blog entry on Dr. Cronon March 25, 2011:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/the-wisconsin-gops-mccarthyite-targeting-of-a-scott-walker-critic/2011/03/03/AFJSGyVB_blog.htmlStates' GOP majorities lead to gains across range of issues
by Lois Romano (The Washington Post)
2011-04-21
http://www.washingtonpost.com/newssearch/search.html?st=American+Legislative+Exchange+Council&submit=Submit+QueryAs state legislatures adjourn over the coming weeks, new Republican majorities backed by GOP governors are leaving their mark in a wave of legislation that reaches far beyond the economic issues that dominated the midterm elections last fall.
South Dakota passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the country, Wisconsin and Ohio moved to limit collective bargaining rights of public workers, and Kansas, Texas, South Carolina and Montana are on the brink of passing measures to impose strict photo ID requirements at the polls.
The measures are among the thousands of bills proposed as newly empowered GOP statehouses take advantage of their first opportunity in decades to have such a broad impact on policy. Twenty legislative bodies across the country flipped from Democratic to Republican control, and the party picked up governorships in 10 states.
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Legislators have proposed 374 antiabortion bills this year, up from 174 last year. Lawmakers have introduced more than 750 bills on collective bargaining this year, with more than 500 aimed at public sector unions, a significant increase over past years, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
At least 32 states are considering new or tougher requirements for voter identification at the polls. And 3,000 bills targeting pension reform for public-sector employees are in hoppers nationwide, many of them modeled after legislation proposed by the American Legislative Change Council (ALEC), a high-profile conservative think tank that helps legislatures shape fiscal policy.
Among the more dramatic legislative actions has been Wisconsin’s vote last month to strip most state workers of their right to bargain collectively. Similar measures have been introduced in several other states.
Come on now WaPo people, you can do better than that now. Who did all this work? Where did all the prose come from? It's a legislative efficiency miracle?
They're new to one of the biggest stories in US political history, oh but it was a blogger that covered that... sigh.
But it's a start.
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