{"id":13596,"date":"2014-07-25T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/alec-picked-up-tab-for-texas-lawmakers-junkets\/"},"modified":"2014-07-25T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T18:07:00","slug":"kinuha-ni-alec-ang-tab-para-sa-mga-junket-ng-mambabatas-sa-texas","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/articles\/alec-picked-up-tab-for-texas-lawmakers-junkets\/","title":{"rendered":"ALEC Pick Up Tab para sa Texas Lawmakers' Junkets"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13596","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The corporate-backed American Legislative Exchange Council has spent thousands of dollars on \"scholarships\" that financed state legislator's trips to posh resorts","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8296}"],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

Limang mambabatas sa Texas ang tumanggap ng higit sa $7,600 sa mga "scholarship" na pinondohan ng kumpanya upang mabayaran ang halaga ng mga pamasahe sa eroplano, mga silid sa hotel at iba pang mga gastos sa paglalakbay upang dumalo sa mga pulong ng American Legislative Exchange Council, (ALEC), isang corporate lobbying group, ayon sa bagong pananaliksik ng Common Cause.
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Sa loob ng limang taong tagal, si State Reps. Tom Craddick (R), Linda Harper Brown (R), John Otto (R), at Phil King (R) at Sen. Larry Taylor (R), ay nakatanggap ng mga bayad na $250 hanggang $1 ,920, para sa kabuuang $7,682, ipinahihiwatig ng pananaliksik. Karamihan sa mga gastos ay iniulat ni King, na nagsiwalat ng pagkuha ng $5,142.46 mula sa ALEC noong nakaraang taon.
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Sinasaklaw ng mga \u201cscholarship\u201d ng ALEC ang mga gastos sa paglalakbay para sa mga mambabatas na dumalo sa mga closed-to-the-public na kumperensya ng ALEC. Habang isiniwalat ng mga mambabatas na ang pondo ay mula sa ALEC, <\/span>isang ulat<\/span><\/a> sa pamamagitan ng Common Cause, Center for Media and Democracy, at DBA Press ay nagpapahiwatig na ang mga tunay na pinagmumulan ay mga korporasyon at alam ng mga sangkot na mambabatas kung aling mga kumpanya ang kumukuha ng tab.  <\/span>Ang corporate-financed slush fund ay isa pang paraan ng pagtatago ng ALEC ng impluwensya nito sa mga state capitol sa buong bansa. Madalas ding kinukuha ng mga nagbabayad ng buwis ang tab para sa kanilang mga mambabatas na alakin at kakainin ng mga corporate lobbyist sa ALEC, dahil ang mga mambabatas sa Texas ay madalas na binabayaran mula sa estado para sa pagdalo sa mga kumperensya ng ALEC.
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Ang mga dating corporate funder ng ALEC scholarship sa Texas ay kinabibilangan ng Bayer HealthCare, Novartis, Eli Libby, Texas Association of Dairyman, at UST Public Affairs. Kabilang sa iba pang mga korporasyon at nonprofit na miyembro ng ALEC na nakabase sa Texas ang ExxonMobil, AT&T, ConocoPhillips, Shell Oil, BP North America, at ang Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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Ang taunang kumperensya ng ALEC sa Dallas ay magsisimula sa Hulyo 30. Ang mga pulitiko sa Texas na nakatakdang magsalita ay kinabibilangan nina Gov. Rick Perry, House Speaker Joe Straus, at Attorney General Greg Abbott. Habang ang mga sesyon ng kumperensya kung saan nagsanib-puwersa ang mga inihalal na mambabatas at tagalobi ng korporasyon para magsulat ng mga \u201cmodelo\u201d na panukalang batas para sa ALEC ay sarado sa publiko at mga press, ang mga aktibistang mamamayan ay nag-organisa ng mga panel ng impormasyon, pagtuturo, mga rali, at pagpapalabas ng pelikula o<\/a>f Ang Estados Unidos ng ALEC <\/em>sa lugar ng Dallas.
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Ang ALEC ang puwersa sa likod ng daan-daang mga batas ng estado na nagsasapribado sa mga pampublikong paaralan at mga bilangguan, nagpapahina sa malinis na hangin at mga batas sa malinis na tubig at nagpapaliit sa mga karapatan ng mga manggagawa. Naghain ang Common Cause ng reklamong "whistleblower" ng buwis laban sa ALEC sa Internal Revenue Service, na inaakusahan ang grupo ng paglabag sa mga tuntunin ng tax-exempt status nito. Ang ALEC ay nakarehistro sa IRS bilang isang kawanggawa ngunit nagpapatakbo bilang isang lobby para sa mga miyembro ng korporasyon nito. <\/span><\/p>

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Mambabatas<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

\"Scholarship\" Amount from ALEC<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

taon<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rep. Tom Craddick<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$          <\/span>518.00<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2009<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rep. Tom Craddick<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$          <\/span>671.61<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2010<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Larry Taylor si Sen<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$          <\/span>350.00<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2010<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rep. Linda Harper Brown<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$          <\/span>250.00<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2011<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rep. John Otto<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$          <\/span>750.00<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2012<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rep. Phil King<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$          <\/span>511.64<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2013<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rep. Phil King<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$       <\/span>1,815.15<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2013<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rep. Phil King<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$        <\/span>  <\/span>895.75<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2013<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Rep. Phil King<\/span><\/p><\/td>

$       <\/span>1,919.92<\/span><\/p><\/td>

2013<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

KABUUAN<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

$      <\/span>7,682.07<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

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(SOURCE: Texas personal financial disclosures, 2009-2013)<\/span><\/p><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nALEC Picked Up Tab for Texas Lawmakers’ Junkets - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/mga-artikulo-2\/kinuha-ni-alec-ang-tab-para-sa-mga-junket-ng-mambabatas-sa-texas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ALEC Picked Up Tab for Texas Lawmakers’ Junkets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/mga-artikulo-2\/kinuha-ni-alec-ang-tab-para-sa-mga-junket-ng-mambabatas-sa-texas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/alec-picked-up-tab-for-texas-lawmakers-junkets\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/alec-picked-up-tab-for-texas-lawmakers-junkets\/\",\"name\":\"ALEC Picked Up Tab for Texas Lawmakers’ Junkets - 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