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House committee budgets rise as GOP plans US roadshows End-shutdown
WASHINGTON — When the House Ways and Means Committee traveled to Petersburg, W.Va., last month for its inaugural field hearing on “the state of the economy in Appalachia,” it met at the headquarters of a manufacturer hardwood whose chief executive has donated the maximum campaign contribution allowed to a Republican member of the panel. Your […]
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Some digs against ESG, GOP puts aside a vote to reject Biden’s wake up rules for investments End-shutdown
Senator Joe Manchin III is stepping up his attacks on corporations and financial firms that embrace environmental, social and governance investing, as the ESG movement also suffers setbacks in corporate boardrooms. Once quiet on the burning issue, the West Virginia Democrat has increasingly focused on investment strategy that makes fighting climate change a top consideration. […]