The bill would ban members of Congress from trading in weapons companies like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, as well as in Amazon, Pfizer and thousands more Department of Defense contractors.
In a repeat of his last election in 2018, Montana Democratic Senator Jon Tester is benefitting from outside spending by the American Bankers Association.
Oil and gas companies and big business trade associations were among those keeping up donations after Manchin announced he would not run for re-election.
The operations of the Democratic political group Priorities USA highlights a glaring loophole with current rules regulating nonprofits.
Labor unions sought to pressure the DNC into banning anti-union vendors in 2022, but a review of FEC disbursements data reveals the party group is still paying millions of dollars to firms that offer union avoidance services.
Murray and Schumer, the sponsors of the proposal, have both received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funding from AIPAC and other pro-Israel donors.
The donations are on top of the approximately $25 million the company has recently donated to pro-crypto super PACs.
Chevron, Valero, and Devon Energy were among the largest donors to the super PACs aligned with Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell last year.
A former key staffer to Manchin's energy committee has taken a job working on energy issues for D.C. lobbying firm Cassidy & Associates.
A coalition of companies like Cargill and Chevron hired new lobbyists as it works to convince policymakers that so-called "renewable natural gas" should get government subsidies.
