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Company’s PAC stopped giving after Jan. 6 Capitol riot PAC contributed $1,000 to New York GOP lawmaker April 7, 2021 6:08 PM By Kenneth P. Doyle and Megan R. Wilson (Updates with CLC reaction after Disappointing Decision subhead and companies that paused giving and Realtors’ decision to end that pause after Giving Review subhead.) JetBlue Airways Corp. is the first company to end a pause in PAC contributions following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and disclose giving to one of the Republican lawmakers objecting to the Electoral College vote count. A $1,000 contribution fr...

Five senior Republicans decline to run for re-election in 2022 Replacements may be less inclined to legislative compromise April 5, 2021 5:01 AM By Nancy Ognanovich President Joe Biden’s window to strike deals with Senate institutionalists who practiced traditional deal-making is steadily narrowing as more veterans prepare to head for the exits. As Biden starts a push to enact ambitious plans to invest $4 billion into the nation’s infrastructure, Republicans known for negotiating large bipartisan spending agreements are entering the homestretch of their Senate careers....

Restaurants awarded a $28.6 billion grant program in stimulus The industry projects a $250 billion loss, prompting new battle March 16, 2021 5:01 AM By Megan R. Wilson It took a year for an upstart coalition of star-studded restaurateurs and chefs joined with the lobbying fire-power of the National Restaurant Association to secure a $28.6 billion grant program for their ailing industry. Fresh from their success in garnering relief in the $1.9 trillion pandemic package (Public Law 117-2), restaurant advocates are gearing up to fight for more cash. They plan to leverage the same ta...

House Republicans’ internal deliberations about whether to support the return of earmarks threaten to affect the party’s ability to win back control of the chamber in 2022.

Many companies, groups paused PACs after attack on Capitol Reviewing metrics for contributing that includes other issues March 11, 2021 5:00 AM By Megan R. Wilson Employees and shareholders are poised to have more influence over how dollars flow from business political action committees, as corporations and trade associations re-examine their approaches to political giving in the wake of the insurrection at the Capitol. In the days after Jan. 6, at least 27 business PACs announced policies that would take the election certification vote into account when making donations, accordi...