Progress Missouri is urging legislators to terminate their ALEC affiliations as well. Known ALEC members and supporters in the Missouri Capitol have included:
- Majority Floor Leader Tim Jones, State Co-Chairman
- Representative Jason Smith, State Co-Chairman
- Sen. Jane Cunningham, who has served as a national ALEC board member
- Rep. Sue Allen
- Rep. Mike Colona
- Rep. Stanley Cox
- Rep. Charlie Denison
- Rep. Tony Dugger
- Rep. Doug Funderburk
- Sen. Jack Goodman
- Rep. Caleb Jones
- Lt. Governor Peter Kinder
- Rep. Andrew Koenig
- Rep. Bart Korman
- Rep. Michele Kratky
- Sen. Jim Lembke
- Sen. Brian Nieves
- Sen. Luann Ridgeway
- Sen. Ron Richard
- Rep. Shane Schoeller
Progress Missouri’s research has shown the effect of ALEC -- which allows large corporations to write big-business friendly bills and helps legislators advance this legislation on the state level -- on Missouri’s political system. Numerous bills introduced in the General Assembly are directly traceable to ALEC and thousands of dollars of taxpayer money have been spent sending legislators to ALEC junkets.
"The more we learn about ALEC and its detrimental effect on Missouri’s public policy, the more obvious it becomes that there's no excuse for Missouri lawmakers and taxpayer dollars continued involvement in the organization," said Sean Soendker Nicholson, Progress Missouri’s Executive Director. "The fact that Coke, Pepsi, Kraft and Intuit have left ALEC speaks volumes to how toxic the group has become. It's time for Missouri's ALEC members to follow suit."
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