Alec. American Legislative Exchange Council.
Basically Corporations writing legislation for state legislators and (this is the kicker) they have veto power over what moves forward for a vote.
http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2011/07/20110721_fa_01.mp3?dl=1
And the response from the chairman of ALEC. Just jaw dropping..
http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/fa/2011/07/20110721_fa_02.mp3?dl=1