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…
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Corporate America launches massive lobbying blitz to kill key parts of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion economic plan – The Washington Post
A torrent of political groups representing some of the country’s most influential corporations — including ExxonMobil, Pfizer and the Walt Disney Company — are laying the groundwork for a lobbying blitz to stop Congress from enacting significant swaths of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion economic agenda. The emerging opposition appears to be vast, spanning drug manufacturers,…
Fox faces vote on lobbying proposal | Corporate Secretary
The SEC has given the green light for shareholders in Fox Corporation to vote this fall on a proposal regarding the company’s lobbying activities. The proposal, filed by Kenneth Steiner on behalf of John Chevedden, requests that Fox prepare an annual report disclosing: Company policy and procedures governing direct and indirect lobbying and ‘grassroots lobbying…
Activist Shareholders Score Wins on Election Spending After Riot
“Increased political polarization, the 2020 Election, and the January 6th attack on the Capitol, have shown companies that spending corporate dollars on political causes is risky business,” [Thomas] DiNapoli said in a statement to Bloomberg Law. The trend is expected to continue as activist shareholders vow to make sure that companies stay true to their…
Quit ALEC: 320 Groups Call on CEOs to Quit the Controversial Lobbying Group
Common Cause, Fair Fight Action, and over 300 organizations penned a letter demanding large corporations, including Anheuser-Busch, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, CenturyLink, Eli Lilly, UPS, FedEx, Oracle, State Farm, Raytheon, Salesforce, Pfizer and others, cut financial ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over its support of voter suppression legislation throughout the country….
Google says it is reevaluating its support for GOP group pushing voter suppression laws – Popular Information
On Monday, Popular Information and Documented reported that Google was funding and collaborating with a Republican organization pushing voter suppression. Specifically, according to internal documents, Google’s State Policy Manager, Joe Dooley, was listed as a participant in an April 6 working group hosted by the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC). The private event on “election…
BlackRock should disclose political activity, pension funds say – The Washington Post
Public pension funds overseeing more than $1 trillion are piling pressure on BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, to ramp up disclosure of its political activities in the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. In a Monday letter to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, 24 officials from retirement funds accuse the Wall…
Coca-Cola Severs Longtime Ties With Pro-Sugar Group – Bloomberg
It is very good news to see Coca-Cola stepping away from another of those dark money-funded fake front groups promoting disinformation about science. LSI was founded by a former Coca-Cola executive Alex Malaspina and has deep ties to Big Food and Soda. Coca-Cola’s decision follows other major corporations, like Mars, Inc. and Nestlé, cutting ties…
Corporations Withdraw Support for Seditious Elected Officials and Organizations – CNN
VEA Vice Chair Nell Minow is quoted in this article about corporations withdrawing support for elected officials who supported or incited the attack on the Capitol. In the past 48 hours, American Express, Marriott, Dow, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Morgan Stanley, Commerce Bank and others have suspended their donations to Republican lawmakers who objected…
More Disinformation from FTI Consulting — Major Fossil Fuel PR Group is Behind Europe Pro-Hydrogen Push
The recent deluge of pro-hydrogen stories in the media that tout hydrogen as a climate solution and clean form of energy can now be linked in part to FTI Consulting — one of the most notorious oil and gas industry public relations firms. According to a new report, titled The Hydrogen Hype: Gas Industry Fairy Tale or…
