Justin's Political Corner

Amgen, a biotechnology firm withapproximately 17,000 employees, joined 30 other companies today that have broken ties with the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC provides “model” legislation, often drafted by industry lobbyists, to state lawmakers with the intention of having those model bills be enacted into law. Although ALEC recently eliminated a task force that pushed voter suppression laws and the so-called “Stand Your Ground” laws that played a significant role in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting, the conservative group remains committed to other priorities such as repealing minimum wage laws, eliminatingcapital gains and estate taxes, and blocking safeguards that protect children from eating rat poison.

h/t: Ian Millhiser at Think Progress Justice