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Chamber will lobby to scrap enhanced unemployment after jobs disappointment

POLITICO Get the POLITICO Influence newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. With Daniel Lippman CHAMBER GOES AFTER ENHANCED UNEMPLOYMENT: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce this morning seized on April’s vastly underwhelming jobs numbers, laying the blame on the federal $300 enhanced unemployment included in President Joe Biden’s relief package and calling for the benefit to be scrapped.

Only 17 percent of public affairs staff are people of color: survey

Only 17 percent of public affairs staff are people of color: survey Alex Gangitano © Greg Nash Only 17 percent of public affairs staff are people of color: survey Public affairs executives revealed that only 17 percent of public affairs staff on average at firms are people of color. Sixty-one percent of executives said that the lack of diversity discourages individuals from entering the public affairs field, according to a survey of 127 executives conducted by the Public Affairs Council between Feb. 9 and March 5. The survey is part of the Public Affairs Council s Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative and also examined hiring, staffing and training, and advancement and programming, among other criteria. Public Affairs Council is a nonpartisan association for public affairs professionals.

Corporate America begins to see fallout after wading into politics

Corporate America is finding it can get messy when it steps into politics. Why it matters: Urged on by shareholders, employees and its own company creeds, Big Business is taking increasing stands on controversial political issues during recent months and now it s beginning to see the fallout. Companies are being criticized by the left, their employees and customers if they don t step up, the right for cutting off insurrectionists and being too woke, and the left again if they withhold opinions on even more political flashpoints. Republicans also find themselves in a mess of their own making. While they chastise and threaten the companies that have cut off political donations after the Jan. 6 Capitol assault, they re leading the charge against the Democrats efforts to hike the corporate tax rate to pay for President Biden s $2.2 trillion infrastructure package.

Existential Threat — Or Politics As Usual?

In Washington and in many state capitols legislators and activists have cast voting legislation in apocalyptic terms, claiming that any change in voter law represents an existential threat to democracy as we know it. New rules on obtaining a ballot are decried as suppression, while anything that opens access to voters is an invitation to fraud. But, for many voters, these laws aren t threatening the future of democracy; instead, they are just the latest example of the two parties using any means necessary to give themselves electoral advantages.  A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to watch two focus groups of white swing voters. One group was more conservative-leaning (all had voted for Trump but were defined as not particularly enthusiastic about him, i.e. these are not Trump super fans ), the other group included those who voted for Biden in 2020 after voting for Trump in 2016. In other words, these are the kinds of voters that would be open to more nuanced argument

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