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Rhode Island ALEC Politicians
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For a list of politicians with known ALEC ties, please see ALEC Politicians.
This is a partial list of Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island Legislators with ALEC Ties
House of Representatives
- Rep. Laurence Ehrhardt (R-32), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[1]
- House Speaker Gordon Fox attended an ALEC reception hosted by GTECH in April 2003, according to a Rhode Island Ethics Commission case[2]<rep>Ted Nesi, RI Senate passed resolutions backing ALEC; now Dems scurry, WPRI Eyewitness News, April 25, 2012.</ref>
Senate
- Sen. Leo Blais (R-21)[3][4], former State Chairman[5]
- Sen. Francis T. Maher, Jr. (R-34), ALEC State Chairman[6] and Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate[7]
- Former Sen. Leonidas Raptakis (D-33 until 2010; ran unsuccessfully for election in 2010 in the Democratic primary for Secretary of State[8]), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate[9]
- Sen. V. Susan Sosnowski (D-37), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Alternate[10]
- Sen. Paul Fogarty (D-23), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[11]
- Sen. Walter Felag (D-10), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member[12] - Felag told the Providence Journal through a spokesman on April 27, 2012 that he is "currently exploring how to terminate his membership in ALEC."[13] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
- Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr. (D-Smithfield) - Tassoni told the Providence Journal on May 1, 2012, "I'm not sure how I became a member, but having learned recently about the enormous amount of corporate funding for the group and corporate influence on the group, I have decided to terminate my membership."[14] See Legislators Who Have Cut Ties to ALEC for more.
Former Legislators
- Former Rep. Jon D. Brien (D-50), former State Chairman of Rhode Island,[15][6] was defeated by union firefighter Stephen Casey in a September 2012 Democratic Primary Election in Woonsocket.[16]
- Former Rep. Paul H. Archetto (R)[17] currently sits on Cranston City Council.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ State of Rhode Island, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND BEFORE THE RHODE ISLAND ETHICS COMMISSION In re: Gordon D. Fox Complaint Nos. 2003-6, 2003-7 INFORMAL RESOLUTION AND SETTLEMENT, Rhode Island Ethics Commission case, January 20, 2004.
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, Letter to Robert C. Byrd and Nancy Pelosi RE: Federal health reform efforts, June 24, 2009
- ↑ 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
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed June 30, 2011. This website has been altered by ALEC and is no longer available.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC State Chairmen, organization website, accessed April 2012
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Leonidas Raptakis, PolitiFact.com, project of the St. Petersburg Times, accessed August 5, 2011
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Philip Marcelo, R.I. Sen. Felag wants out of his ALEC membership, Providence Journal, April 27, 2012
- ↑ Philip Marcelo, Two R.I. state senators now want out of ALEC, Providence Journal, May 1, 2012
- ↑ American Legislative Exchange Council, "Solutions for the States," 38th Annual Meeting agenda, on file with CMD, August 3-6, 2011
- ↑ Rob Borkowski, Stephen Casey Thanks Voters, Friends, Family After Dist. 50 Primary Win, Woonsocket Patch, September 13, 2012
- ↑ ALEC 1995 SB
