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Exchange Council (ALEC) as part of its mission to discuss, develop, and disseminate public policies, which expand free markets, promote eco-nomic growth, limit the size of government, and preserve individual liberty. ALEC is the nation’s largest non-partisan, voluntary member-ship organization of state legislators, with more than 2,000 members across the nation. ALEC is governed by a Board of Directors of state leg-islators. ALEC is classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, public policy and educational organization. Individuals, philanthropic foundations, businesses, and associations are eligible to support ALEC’s work through tax-deductible gifts. About ALEC’s Center for State Fiscal Reform ALEC’s Center for State Fiscal Reform strives to educate our legislative members as well as our center-right allies throughout the states who share a commitment to our principles and shared goals. We also strive to educate our legislative members on how to achieve greater eco-nomic prosperity by outlining which policies work and which ones fail. This is done by personalized research, policy briefings in the states, and by releasing nonpartisan policy publications for distribution such