Two primary super PACs seek to establish Republican majorities in the Senate and House — the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF) and the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF). Those two groups, which can accept unlimited donations, collectively raised $188.3 million through March 2022. Nearly half of the money, $89.4 million, has come from just 27 billionaires, according…
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The GOP Is the Party of Gruesome Oil Profiteering | The Nation
“Investor pressure to maintain capital discipline” is a nice way of referring to putting profits ahead of the public good. And that’s precisely what the oil companies are doing. “Big Oil executives are bragging to shareholders about price gouging families at the pump,” said [California Representative Katie] Porter. “They’re purposely keeping supply low to earn…
Accountable US to Eli Lilly: Stop Lying About Your Support for the Sedition Caucus
Kyle Herrig of Accountable US has written to Eli Lilly about their support for elected officials known as “the sedition caucus” for their efforts to overturn the Presidential election. “If Eli Lilly is content to donate to those in Congress who tried to overthrow the will of the people, or even those who seek to…
ALEC Is Driving Laws to Blacklist Companies That Boycott the Oil Industry | The Nation
As we have said many times before, corporate executives love to extol the purity of the free market until they do not like the outcome. And fossil fuel companies would rather spend the shareholders’ money promoting climate change denial and interfering with market assessments of the inevitability of their decline than actually transitioning to a…
Corporations Claim to Support Black History Month but Pay to Suppress Votes from BIPOC
From a new report by Accountable US: Major corporations that have publicly touted their celebration of Black History Month and previously promoted voting rights contributed at least $459,000 to lawmakers who blocked two pieces of federal voting rights legislation, the Freedom to Vote Act (FTVA) and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (JLVRAA), in 2021. The FTVA would restore voting rights to…
Corporations send large donations to GOP group behind abortion bans and voter suppression
Judd Legum’s Popular Information reports on the corporations that claim to support women’s rights and voting rights but make political contributions to elected officials opposing them. These companies include Google, Comcast/NBC/Universal, CVS, Citi, ATT, and Anhauser Busch. In 2021, Republican-controlled state legislatures imposed a bevy of radical policies on millions of Americans. This was especially…
Agenda – Investors Turning Up Heat on Political Spending
Companies heavily ramped up disclosures on political spending policies and oversight in 2021 as investors received massive support on shareholder proposals on the subject, according to an analysis of proxy voting trends. This year, boards should expect that pressure to rise even higher. With the midterm elections looming, boards need to ensure that directors have…
These corporations back the sponsors of an Ohio abortion ban that’s more extreme than Texas — Popular Information
Corporations supporting the legislators behind a total abortion ban in Ohio One of the top corporate donors to the co-sponsors of the proposed abortion ban in Ohio is Nationwide. Since 2018, Nationwide has donated $30,500 to 19 co-sponsors of the legislation. The donations stand in contrast to Nationwide’s carefully crafted public image as a supporter…
Accountable.us — Corporations Still Don’t Want to Pay Taxes
Accountable.us Reports: As the House Ways and Means Committee moves forward on President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that will hold corporations accountable by making them pay their fair share, big corporate interests — led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — continue their massive lobbying blitz to obstruct much-needed progress to help American workers and families. These corporations are spending millions to stop help from getting into families’ pockets despite recent…
Making A Difference
Jeff Sonnenfeld says that CEOs play an essential role in speaking out on political issues. Last year, CEOs took on major issues regarding immigration, racial justice, election security and voting access. As Michael Dell commented, “If CEOs can’t speak out on voting access, what can they address?” The collective voice of CEOs provides them protection…
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