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Most corporations stood by pledges to not fund politicians who voted against Biden's victory Seema Mehta, Maloy Moore, Matt Stiles © Provided by The LA Times House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence officiated over a joint session of the House and Senate on Jan. 6 to count the electoral college votes cast in in the November presidential election. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press) In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, many of the nation's largest corporations pledged that they would suspend donations to elected officials who ...

Voters approach a polling location in Austin, on October 13, 2020. Sergio Flores/Getty Experts often cite a feeling of powerlessness as a common source of anger. And Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick was visibly angry at a news conference on April 6. He had lost control of the messaging on his “election integrity” bill days after it passed the Senate. A few corporate leaders in the state had come out against the legislation, widely viewed as aimed at making it more difficult for minorities to vote. They perhaps reminded Patrick of the hundreds of companies that had rallied against his 2017 ...