Lobbying

Jennifer Granholm calls out the Heartland Institute for trying to link people who believe in climate change to mass murders and terrorists.

Big news today on ALEC, the secretive conservative organization that drafts laws for state legislators nationwide. The non-profit watchdog group Common Cause shed more light on ALEC’S inner workings today when it published a complete list of all the companies …

It’s the end of another week in ‘The War Room’ and we covered a lot: Money in politics and campaign finance, education reform, the environment and much more. To wind up the week we pulled some of your favorite posts …

"Make no mistake. Corporations are paying to influence legislation every single day," Jennifer Granholm says.

Tonight on 'The War Room' we'll be joined by DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz who will give us the scoop on the three campaign M's: money, messaging and mobilization.

Lawyer Eric Havian tells Jennifer Granholm: ALEC has been engaging in lobbying and should have to register as a lobbying organization.

A round up of what all of you social media users loved on the ‘The War Room’ Facebook page and Twitter feed this week.

Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan joins Jennifer Granholm in 'The War Room' to talk about his experience at an ALEC conference and how corporations influence legislators.

“These corporations are just terrified of getting just taken apart on these social media sites and having their brand and their reputation really dismantled.” — Tim Dickinson

ALEC "refocuses" under pressure as corporate sponsors drop support for the organization because of protests and boycotts. Rashad Robinson, executive director of Color of Change, isn't ready to declare a win when there's such a mess of legislation still left [...]

“The bottom line now is we have to reverse the damage that ALEC has caused.”