Peabody Energy Lobbyist Schools Legislators on Getting More ALEC Travel Perks
"Part of the duty of the ALEC state chairs is to solicit funds from corporations for the ALEC "scholarship fund," which raises more than $600,000 per year and which enables legislators to travel for free to ALEC conferences, where they meet with lobbyists from corporations like Peabody Energy, Exxon Mobil and Koch Industries. Well-connected lobbyists like those of Peabody, enable ALEC legislators to tap into large funds, but the relationship is one that appears to benefit the lobbyists at least as much."
