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Louisiana ALEC Politicians
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This is a partial list of Louisiana politicians that are known to be involved in, or previously involved in, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It is a partial list. (If you have additional names, please add them with a citation. The names in this original list were verified as of posting.)
Legislators who have cut ties with ALEC publicly are also listed here.
Louisiana Legislators with ALEC Ties
House of Representatives
- Rep. John Anders (D-21); Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force[1]
- Rep. Jeff Arnold (D-102:New Orleans), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Timothy G. Burns (R-89); Civil Justice Task Force Alternate[3]
- Rep. George "Greg" Cromer (R-90), State Chairman[4], Civil Justice Task Force member,[5] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2] - Announced he was resigning from ALEC and from his position as ALEC state chairman of Louisiana on April 17, 2012.[6] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Rep. James R. Fannin (D-13), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member,[7] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Franklin J. Foil (R-70); Communications and Technology Task Force[8]
- Rep. Brett F. Geymann (R-35), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force member,[8] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Johnny Guinn (R-37), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Joe Harrison (R-51), State Chairman,[9][4] Member of Education Task Force[10], attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting,[2] solicited funds for "ALEC Louisiana Scholarship Fund" on state stationery July 2, 2012[11] (for more on how ALEC's "scholarship" scheme helps corporations fund legislators' trips, see PRWatch.org here, here and here).
- Rep. Cameron Henry, Jr. (R-82), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member,[7] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Bob Hensgens (R-47), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Frank Hoffmann (R-15)[12] ALEC Education Task Force member,[13] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Girod Jackson (D-87), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Harvey LeBas (D-38), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member,[14] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Walter Leger, III (D-91), ALEC Education Task Force member,[13] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Joe Lopinto (R-80), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting,[2] where he spoke on "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy"[15]
- Rep. Nicholas J. Lorusso (R-94), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member[16]
- Rep. Erich Ponti (R-69), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. John M. Schroder, Sr. (R-77), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member[7]
- Rep. Alan Seabaugh (R-5), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Scott M. Simon (R-74)[12], ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force member,[17] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Thomas Willmott (R-92), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member[18]
Senate
- Sen. John A. Alario, Jr.(R-8), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member[19]
- Sen. Jack L. Donahue, Jr. (R-11), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member[3]
- Sen. Dale Erdey (R-13); Health and Human Services Task Force[18]
- Sen. Robert W. Kostelka (R-35); Public Safety and Elections Task Force [16]
- Sen. Daniel R. Martiny (R-10); Public Safety and Elections Task Force [16]
- Sen. Fred H. Mills, Jr. (R-22), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member[3]
- Sen. Ben Wayne Nevers, Sr. (D-12), ALEC Education Task Force member[13]
- Sen. Neil Riser (R-32), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force member[8]
- Sen. Gary L. Smith, Jr. (R-19)), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force member[8]
- Sen. Francis Thompson (D-34)[20]
- Sen. Mack A. White, Jr. (R-6), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member[7]
Former Legislators
- Former Governor Mike Foster [21]
Former Representatives
- Rep. Glenn Ansardi [21]
- Rep. Elton Aubert (D-58), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Damon J. Baldone; (D-53), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member[16], attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Peppi Bruneau [21]
- Rep. Jean Doerge (D-10); Health and Human Services Task Force[18]
- Former Rep. Jim Donelon, currently Commissioner of LA Department of Insurance [22]
- Former Speaker of the House, Huntington Downer Jr. [21]
- Rep. Hollis Downs (R-12); Communications and Technology Task Force[8]
- Rep. Chris C. Hazel (R-27), ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member[7]
- Rep. Nita Hutter (R-104), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Donald A. Kennard [21]
- Rep. John LaBruzzo (R-81), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member,[14] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Anthony Ligi (R-79), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Nickie J. Monica (R-57), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force member[23]
- Rep. Rick Nowlin (R-23), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
- Rep. Christopher J. Roy, Jr. (D-25), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force member[23]
- Speaker Jim W. Tucker (R-86), ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force member,[8] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting[2]
Former Senators
- Sen. David Bagneris, currently a Justice of the LA 4th Circuit Court of Appeals [22]
- Former Sen. Noble Ellington, National Chairman and former State Chairman[20][24][25]
- Sen. Willie Mount (D-27), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member[18]
References
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 Marsha Shuler, Official trips to cost La. $70,000, The Advocate, July 28, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, organizational member spreadsheet, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC Task Force Packet August 2010, organizational document obtained and released by Common Cause, August 2010
- ↑ Tom Aswell, First it was corporations bailing out; now the parade of Louisiana Legislators exiting ALEC membership begins, Louisiana Voice, April 18 2012, accessed April 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, Committee Roster, organizational task force membership directory, March 3, 2011, document obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 American Legislative Exchange Council, Committee Roster, organizational task force membership directory, July 1, 2012, document obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ Jeremy Alford, Local representative has role in national gathering, Houma Today, August 4, 2011
- ↑ Tom Aswell, State Rep. Joe Harrison uses state stationery to solicit $1,000 contributions in order to support ALEC agenda, Louisiana Voice, July 5, 2012
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Education Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Committee Roster, organizational task force membership directory, March 31, 2011, document obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Saving Dollars and Protecting Communities: State Successes in Corrections Policy," annual meeting speaker biographies and materials, August 3, 2011, on file with CMD
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Public Safety & Elections Task Force 2011 Spring Task Force Summit April 29, 2011 Minutes, organizational document, June 30, 2011, p. 5, obtained and released by Common Cause April 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Committee Roster, organizational task force membership directory, March 31, 2011, document obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Health and Human Services Task Force Membership Directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Membership Directory, December 2010, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid, RE: the EPA’s plan to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, March 10, 2010
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 American Legislative Exchange Council, ’99 ALEC Leaders in the States, organizational document, archived by the Wayback Machine December 8, 2000, accessed November 2012
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Sourcebook, annual organizational publication, 1995
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, Directory – Full Name and Address, organizational task force membership directory, August 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council Board of Directors, organization website, accessed July 2, 2011
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC State Chairmen, document exposed by the Center for Media and Democracy, July 13, 2011
