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The Select Committee on Finance (National Council of Provinces) will have its briefing with the National Treasury and the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (Irba) on the Auditing Profession Amendment Bill on 2 February. This is according to the Parliamentary Monitoring Group, which on Monday announced Parliament’s upcoming daily schedule. Other follow-up dates in February include the consideration of public submissions on the bill, on the 9th, while the consideration process of the po...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Jan 24, 2021 04:14 AM EST Not a week has passed when reports of newly inaugurated President Biden has gotten campaign fund of "dark" money. Compared to Trump Campaigns, sources were mostly funded by genuine sources, and business background helped. According to some sources, "unknown funds" played a significant role in presidential campaigns, but Joe Bidens recent election is the most by any standards. Reports of funds received anonymously say it is the most record-...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Summary: New US Covid infect...

Airbnb says it will be blocking and cancelling all reservations in the Washington, D.

Stewarts pauses political giving after outcry over Stefanik donations FacebookTwitterEmail In this image from video, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks as the House reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (House Television via AP)Associated Press WASHINGTON – The owners of Stewart’s Shops, big donors to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, have decided to pause all political contr...

David Rouzer and President Trump aboard Air Force One in March. (Port City Daily/Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) SOUTHEASTERN NC — In the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Rep. David Rouzer is losing the support of the state’s most powerful corporations. Yet, Wilmington’s most powerful family — and Rouzer’s biggest donor — is standing by their man. “We support David,” Scott Sullivan responded Friday when asked if his company, Jh Land LLC, fully supports Rouzer after the congre...

America isn’t even run by big business anymore. It’s individual billionaires calling all the shots.  As per a Reuters article, America is officially an oligarchy, or a plutocracy, whatever you may want to call this system. How come, you asked? Well, according to the “common” wisdom, politicians on both sides are supposed to represent the people who voted for them. That’s how a pseudo-democracy is supposed to work; see, the United States of America is not a democracy per se, because p...

A small number of very wealthy people on the left play a huge role in funding the policies—and changes in elections—favored by the left.

The company didn't donate to any of the election objectors during the previous election cycle but officially vowed to withhold any support moving forward.

According to data from the Center for Responsive Politics, corporate PACs accounted for about 5% of money accumulated for the 2020 election. The rise of small donors as well as the political action committees allowing unlimited donations have made the role of specific corporate political giving directly to candidates smaller over time. Even though the 2020 election set a record for donations, the Center for Responsive Politics notes that, "Traditional PACs, often used by corporations to curr...