Companies Are Pausing Their PACs, But Their Trade Groups Aren’t

Dozens of companies paused their PAC donations to Republican election objectors, but a loophole could continue sending them funds through corporate trade associations.

Companies Are Pausing Their PACs, But Their Trade Groups Aren’t
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during his weekly press conference on January 21, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

After the siege on the Capitol Building on January 6, a wave of brand-name companies said they had finally had enough of congressional Republicans’ anti-democratic actions. At least 22 companies pledged to suspend their corporate PAC contributions to the 147 Republican members of Congress who objected to the Electoral College vote certification, most of them indefinitely, a few of them permanently. 

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