WORT 89.9FM Madison · Senator Joe Manchin’s Role With The Conservative American Legislative Exchange Council

Dan Kaufman’s latest article in The New Yorker is “Joe Manchin’s Deep Corporate Ties, ​​An underexamined aspect of Manchin’s pro-business positions in the Senate is his early membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council.” U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s role with the American Legislative Exchange Counsel, or ALEC, might shed some light on how Manchin came to be one of two powerful democrats blocking progress negotiating the Build Back Better budget reconciliation bill. Dan joins Friday Buzz host, Jonathan Zarov, to talk more about his article.

 

 

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