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Let's talk about voter recession. it's been my sense that there's a pretty clear partisan aspect to this. that the republican party across the country, wherever it has legislative power to states, is pushing. here it is ending its controversial work on voter i.d. laws. since, 17 state legislatures have passed laws that would restrict the right to vote, make it harder to get up election day or even earlier and get out and do your voting, though some have not gone into effect yet and are still under review. as a reporter, what can you tell us about alec pulling out of this or are they still goin...

Director for center for median democracy and steve kornacki writes for salon. let me ask you, lisa, thanks for joining us, by the way. tell me what you know about the impact of the trayvon martin case in terms of funding this organization, which has been pushing these stand your ground laws. >> sure. well, a.l.e.c. is a group that's largely if you wanteded by corporations. over 95% of its funding comes from everything but legislative dues, although it describes itself as an association that is focused on legislators, this is a group that has lost funders in the last few weeks as people have le...

[ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. we're back. that organization responsible for spreading the stand your ground law across the country is now standing down in the wake of the trayvon martin shooting. the american legislative exchange council, it's called, a group associated with promoting conservative causes generally is ending its work on social initiatives, including expansive self-defense laws like stand your ground. in the end the money talked. many top corporate sponsors as is often the case withdrew thei...

Pro-guns. well it was only a matter of time, but someone finally got caught. florida state representative rachel burgon introduced an anti-tax bill last fall but she forgot to remove alec's mission statement from the top of the bill which she had apparently copied word for word from alec's model bill. common cause reports that the very next day, she took that bill down and put up the new bill with a new number without the alec header. i guess she was hoping that nobody would notice here what they were doing. but let me give you some advice, representative. you were elected by your constituents...

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