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Congressmen send letters requesting ESG information from Big Three asset managers

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), along with Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), sent letters to the Big Three passive asset management firms—BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard—on July 6 requesting information about their efforts to combat climate change through ESG. Jordan said such efforts could violate…

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Financial Services Committee to hold four ESG hearings this week

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Mandy Cohen as CDC director? Republicans in Congress tell Biden she’s ‘unfit’

North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd, Rep. Dan Bishop and other Republicans are citing Dr. Mandy Cohen’s track record during the COVID-19 pandemic in opposing her as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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MAGA shivs McCarthy on gas stove bill

"Fundamental commitments that allowed Kevin McCarthy to assume the speakership have been violated," says Matt Gaetz

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House conservatives block GOP bills, voice frustration in response to last week's debt ceiling vote

Eleven House conservatives have staged a mini-revolt as part of the fallout from last week’s vote to lift the debt ceiling

The Independent UK

Biden, McCarthy win — and Trump loses

Against the odds, D.C. went back to normal this week with a bipartisan deal — and a big defeat for Trumpism

Salon

MAGA threatens McCarthy's speakership

Growing number of House Republicans threaten to use McCarthy's key concession to become speaker to remove him

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Debt bill dissatisfaction threatens deeper GOP rift - Roll Call

Ahead of debt limit bill action, opponents are warning the break in GOP unity could reverberate beyond the Wednesday night vote.

Roll Call

US debt ceiling: Republican hard-right vows to ‘do everything in our power’ to oppose bill

Freedom caucus denounces House leader Kevin McCarthy’s deal with Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling before the default deadline

The Guardian - US

Freedom Caucus promises "reckoning" over McCarthy's debt ceiling deal

"The Republican conference has been torn asunder."

Axios

Far-right members threaten a 'reckoning' over McCarthy's debt limit deal

McCarthy, who struck a compromise deal to avoid a debt default, faces criticism from members of his own conference and a potential threat that could oust him as speaker. He says his job is secure.

WEKU

McCarthy is coming up short in support for House debt-limit bill

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is coming up short in support for his first big legislative effort, a bill tying a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts, risking serious damage to both his stature and the U.S. economy.

Tribune News Service

GOP holdouts coalesce around McCarthy's debt ceiling bill

“Most of us that I talked to that were in the Biden districts were supportive of it."

Axios

House Republicans struggle for unity on debt limit package

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are divided over the best mechanism for extending the debt limit deadline and how deep to cut spending in their nascent plan.

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Climate credits, IRS funds snarl GOP debt limit talks - Roll Call

A push to repeal clean energy tax credits and IRS enforcement funding has emerged as a key sticking point in House GOP debt limit talks.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘It’s racist. It’s disgusting,’ California congresswoman says after critic questions loyalty

WASHINGTON — It’s been an unsettling, tense few days for Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Washington.

Roll Call

House GOP sets up panel to probe government 'weaponization' - Roll Call

House Republicans established a select subcommittee to investigate the “weaponization” of the federal government Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

In first act, GOP-controlled House takes aim at IRS funding

WASHINGTON — The new Republican-controlled House passed a bill to claw back $71.5 billion in funding for the IRS that was part of Democrats’ climate, tax and health care reconciliation law last year.

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In first act, GOP-controlled House takes aim at IRS funding - Roll Call

The new Republican-controlled House passed a bill to claw back funding for the IRS that was part of Democrats’ reconciliation law last year.

WEKU

PHOTOS: The drama-filled process to elect Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

Friday was the fourth day of voting for House speaker. Photographers captured tense moments in the House chamber as lawmakers negotiated.

Roll Call

Late-night talks yield no breakthrough in speaker battle - Roll Call

A few of Kevin McCarthy's opponents say they’ll never vote for him, while others have continued negotiating with the California Republican.

Reason

$70 Million for Salmon, $3 Million for Bee-Friendly Highways, and More Absurdities in the Omnibus Spending Bill

Plus: An attempt to criminalize porn, D.C. hopes making tourism more expensive will boost tourism, and more…

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Scrutiny ramps up on Meadows at the Capitol and in NC. The latest on two investigations

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation has finished its inquiry into whether Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s last White House chief of staff, committed voter fraud.

Nottingham Post

Man jailed for 4 years after killing dad-of-one with single punch

Stephen Paylor, 48, from Heanor, hit Richard Mee. The unprovoked blow caused a bleed to the brain which resulted in his death, leaving his family devastated

Tribune News Service

Democrats press efforts to stem gun violence with House panel advancing assault weapons ban

WASHINGTON — Democrats pushed further this week on efforts to combat gun violence, as a House committee advanced a ban on assault weapons and President Joe Biden planned more executive actions to fight crime.

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