ALEC Could Be Blocking Arkansans From The Legislative Process – Part II

March 2, 2014 ALEC

Our previous email found here touched on how American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) could be blocking Arkansans from the legislative process. A couple of other groups you should keep your eyes on are:

• The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and

• The Council of State Governments (CSG) Read their mission statement:

“CSG champions excellence in state governments to advance the common good.”

While this may sound good, it’s very deceptive. Sounds like redistribution of wealth.

We’ll expound more on this ultra-dangerous organization in the future.

Under the Council of State Governments (CSG), we have the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) in which Arkansas Senator Keith M. Ingram is the SLC Chair, 2013-2014. There are members of these organizations in our own Arkansas General Assembly. Listed below are the names of Arkansas Senate officers and Arkansas Senate Committee members. To the right of their names in red font are the organizations with which they’re associated.

ARKANSAS SENATE OFFICERS

President Pro Tempore Senator Michael Lamoureux: ALEC and SLC

Senate Majority Leader Senator Eddie Joe Williams: ALEC and SLC

Senate Minority Leader Senator Keith Ingram: NCSL, SLC, and CSG

Assistant President Pro Tempore-1st District, Senator Missy Irvin: ALEC and SLC

Assistant President Pro Tempore-2nd District, Senator Jeremy Hutchinson: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

Assistant President Pro Tempore-3rd District, Senator Bruce Holland: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

Assistant President Pro Tempore-4th District, Senator Stephanie Flowers: NCSL, SLC, and CSG

Minority Whip, Senator Bobby Pierce: NCSL and SLC (Why didn’t Senator Pierce list his membership affiliations in his Senator bio online?)

Majority Whip, Senator Jonathan Dismang: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

Senate Officers (from this site)

President Pro Tempore
Senator Michael Lamoureux
Biography

Senate Majority Leader
Senator Eddie Joe Williams

Senate Minority Leader
Senator Keith Ingram

Assistant President
Pro Tempore-1st DistrictSenator Missy Irvin

Assistant President
Pro Tempore-2nd DistrictSenator Jeremy Hutchinson

Assistant President
Pro Tempore-3rd DistrictSenator Bruce Holland

Assistant President
Pro Tempore-4th DistrictSenator Stephanie Flowers

Minority Whip
Senator Bobby Pierce

Majority Whip
Senator Jonathan Dismang

SENATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS – STANDING COMMITTEES

Class A Committees

Public Health, Welfare, & Labor, Chair Cecile Bledsoe: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

Revenue & Taxation, Chair Jake Files: ALEC, NCSL, and CSG

Education, Chair Johnny Key: ALEC, NCSL, SLC, and CSG

Judiciary, Chair Jeremy Hutchinson: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

Class B Committees

Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development, Chair Senator Bruce Holland: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

Insurance & Commerce, Chair Senator Jason Rapert: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

City, County, & Local Affairs, Chair Senator Missy Irvin: ALEC and SLC

State Agencies & Governmental Affairs, Chair Senator Eddie Joe Williams: ALEC, NCSL, SLC, SLLC

Class C Committees

Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs, Chair Senator Bill Sample: ALEC, NCSL, SLC, and CSG

Senate Joint Committees

Joint Performance Review, Chair Senator Jane English: ALEC and NCSL

Joint Energy, Vice-Chair Senator Missy Irvin: ALEC and SLC

Joint Retirement & Social Security, Vice-Chair Senator Jason Rapert: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

Joint Interim Committee on Children and Youth, Chair Senator Stephanie Flowers: NCSL, SLC, and CSG

Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities, Chair Senator Jon Woods: ALEC, NCSL, and CSG

Joint Budget, Vice Chair Senator Johnny Key: ALEC, NCSL, SLC, and CSG

Arkansas Legislative Council, Co-Vice Chair Senator Bill Sample: ALEC, NCSL, SLC, and CSG

Legislative Joint Auditing committee, Co-Chair Senator Brian King: ALEC, NCSL, and SLC

In our previous email, we talked about corruption in the Arkansas legislature, and we want to remind everyone that THREE of our Arkansas Senators (Senator Michael Lamoureaux, Senator Johnny Key, and Senator Eddie Joe Williams) were fined in December 2012 for funnelling campaign funds, and, of course, they’re ALEC politicians. This seems to be one of the reasons ex-Senator Paul Bookout (Jonesboro area) resigned.

This email has concentrated on the Senate side. Look for additional information from Secure Arkansas about the Arkansas House members soon. Here’s a little intro:

The Arkansas House of Representatives has ten standing committees, where House Members meet to review and discuss bills, resolutions and interim studies before Members decide whether to send the measures to the full body for consideration. The ten House committees are split evenly into A and B categories. All House Members serve on one A Committee and one B Committee. The Speaker of the House Representative Davy Carter, a American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) member, appoints a chairperson and vice chairperson to each standing committee. With ALEC members in control of most Committees it is no wonder that ALEC has taken over the legislative process.

House Committees

Additionally, all standing House committees have a number of subcommittees. The Speaker of the House appoints members from the standing committee to serve as chair and vice chair of individual subcommittees. The chair and vice chairperson from each A and B committee serve as ex-officio members on all subcommittees.

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