Here are the Kansas legislators who are members of ALEC

From Wichita Peace and Freedom Party Examiner;

For those unfamiliar with the organization the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), it is a super pact that integrates businesses with actual legislators to promote a pro-business-anti-worker political agenda. As I wrote in both the Examiner and Otto’s War Room;

Besides being a conservative group, ALEC goes way beyond jut lobbying. Legislators literally belong to ALEC and support its goals. Legislators and corporations join the group to jointly decide what issues to vote for and what bills to pass. Almost all of ALEC funding comes from corporate donors. They have task forces that turn out model bills to run through their houses or congresses. The organization has a chapter in most states.

According to ALEC Exposed:

“Participating legislators, overwhelmingly conservative Republicans, then bring those proposals home and introduce them in statehouses across the land as their own brilliant ideas and important public policy innovations—without disclosing that corporations crafted and voted on the bills.”

For those who are interested in knowing which of our Kansas legislators are members of ALEC, Occupy Wichita has compiled a list and here it is. Occupy 316 tells what role the congress people play in the ALEC organization;

House of Representatives

• Rep. Steve Brunk (R-85)^[78]; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
• Rep. Pete DeGraff (R-81)^[78][16]; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
• Rep. Carl Holmes (R-125)^[78]; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
• Rep. Lance Kinzer (R-14),^[78] ALEC Civil Justice Task Force and International Relations Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Forrest Knox (R-13,)^[16][78] ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Peggy Mast (R-76),^[16][78] ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force and International Relations Task Foce member^[27]
• Rep. Marc Rhoades (R-72)^[16][19][78]; International Relations Task Force
• Rep. Sharon Schwartz (R-106)^[19][78]
• Rep. Scott Schwab (R-49),^[78] attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Susan Wagle (R-30), former National Chairman, member of Board of Directors as of 2011^[78]
• Former Rep. John Faber (R-120)^[78]; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
• Rep. Amanda Grosserode (R-Lenexa), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Former Rep. Deena Horst (R-69)^[78]
• Rep. Joe McLeland (R-94); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
• Rep. Terri Lois Gregory (R-10), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, including health-related panels^[79]
• Rep. Susan Mosier (R-Manhattan), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting, including health-related panels^[79]
• Rep. Larry Powell (R-117), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Roy Fund; Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
• Rep. John James Rubin (R-18), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Mario Goico (R-100); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
• Rep. Daniel J. Kerschen (R-93); Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
• Rep. Joe Seiwert (R-101); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
• Rep. Phil Hermanson (R-96); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
• Rep. Gene Suellentrop (R-105); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
• Rep. Pete J. DeGraaf (R-81); Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
• Rep. Steve Huebert (R-90)^[16]; Education Task Force
• Rep. Terry Calloway (R-3), ALEC Education Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Brenda Landwehr (R-91); Health and Human Services Task Force
• Rep. Kelly Meigs (R-17), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Gary K. Hayzlett (R-122); Public Safety and Elections Task Force
• Rep. Marvin G. Kleeb (R-48),^[78] ALEC Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Richard Carlson (R-61)^[16], Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force member and 2011 ALEC State Legislator of the Year^[1]
• Rep. Joe Patton (R-54)^[16]; Civil Justice Task Force
• Rep. Rob Bruchman (R-20), ALEC Civil Justice Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Mitch Holmes (R-114)^[16]
• Rep. Ronald Ryckman (R-Meade), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Rep. Scott Schwab (R-49) ^[16]
• Rep. Don Schroeder (R-74)^[16]

Senate

• Sen. Karin Brownlee (R-23)^[19]
• Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook (R-10)^[16][19]; Civil Justice Task Force
• Sen. Ty Masterson (R-16)^[16][78]; Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force
• Sen. Ray Merrick (R-37), ALEC State Chairman,^[80] ”Legislator of the Year” 2010,^[78] Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, ALEC Board of Directors member^[81] and attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Sen. Ralph Ostmeyer (R-40),^[16][78] ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Sen. Dennis Pyle (R-1)^[19]; Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force
• Sen. Garrett Love (R-38), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Sen. Julia Lynn (R-Olathe), attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Sen. Bob Marshall (R-13); Education Task Force
• Sen. Chris Steineger (D-6), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Sen. Terry Bruce (R-34), ALEC Public Safety and Elections Task Force member, attended 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting^[79]
• Sen. Mike Petersen (R-28); Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force
• Sen. Dick Kelsey (R-26)^[16]

$Rep. Brenda Landwehr (R-91)$

$Kansas State Senator Susan Wagle (R-Wichita) $