In 2011 Durbin called out ALEC's roll in voter suppression in a senate hearing on state voting laws
Chairman Durbin. Do you dispute my premise that the
American Legislative Exchange Council has played an active role
in the promulgation of the State laws that we are discussing
here today?
Last month
at the NALEO meeting while presenting on a panel (sitting right next to an ALEC member) - some of the attendees tweeted out the following
Sen Durbin from IL asks NALEO to ask their sponsors if they continue to fund right wing ALEC
Thank you Senator Durbin for speaking truth to power at NALEO event today. Investigate ALEC and their financial supporters.
Today - again he had the guts to call out ALEC.
Senate panel to review 'stand your ground' laws
Catalina Camia, USA TODAY 2:33 p.m. EDT July 19, 2013
WASHINGTON — A key U.S. senator said Friday he will hold a hearing this fall on the self-defense laws known as "stand your ground."
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the assistant Democratic leader, will conduct the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee panel on civil rights that he chairs. Details on who will testify and the date of the hearing, likely to be held in September when senators get back from their summer recess, will be announced in the coming weeks.
SNIP
Durbin's office said the September hearing will look at the influence of the gun lobby and American Legislative Exchange Council, an organization that provides state legislators with model legislation, in creating and promoting these self-defense laws.
I'm not a big Dick Durbin fan - but he is continually getting my attention over the past two years for his attention to ALEC.