Voting Rights Inspire Company Words While Actions Fall Short Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Mike Dorning
(Bloomberg) Corporate America is sounding the alarm over moves in Republican-led states to limit access to voting. But few companies have been willing to put their political might behind federal laws to protect those rights, underscoring the challenge to stopping such efforts, which disproportionately affect voters of color.
Hundreds of U.S. corporations and executives signed a two-page ad published last week in the New York Times and Washington Post that opposed laws that would make it harder to vote, underscoring friction between the business community and the GOP establishment. Amazon.com Inc., Blackrock Inc., Facebook Inc., General Motors Co. and Target Corp. were among the companies that put their names to it.
Democrats’ Senate Bid Hangs in Balance With Georgia Down to Wire Bloomberg 6/01/2021 Billy House and Mark Niquette
(Bloomberg) Democrat Raphael Warnock edged ahead of incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs on Tuesday, lifting the party’s hopes for retaking the chamber from the GOP even as the two races remained too close to call.
Warnock declared victory even as media organizations delayed calling the close race and Loeffler refused to concede.
“Georgia, I am honored by the faith you have shown in me and I promise you this tonight: I am going to the Senate to work for all of Georgia, no matter who you cast your vote for in this election,” he said.
It would also have an impact on Texas specifically. We re unlikely to see legislation that adversely affects the fossil fuel industry if Republicans continue to control the Senate, said Mark Jones, a political science fellow at the Baker Institute at Rice University. If, on the other hand, the Democrats control the Senate, we are much more likely to see legislation that would adversely affect oil and natural gas and provide benefits and subsidies for renewables.
WATCH: What could election outcome mean for oil and gas industry?
Mark Jones, Political Science Fellow at The Baker Institute at Rice University, talks about the balance of power and what to expect if either side wins.
Official Says Trump to Blame If GOP Loses: Election Update Bloomberg 1/6/2021 Ryan Teague Beckwith
(Bloomberg) Donald Trump is to blame if Republican senators lose, Georgia election official says. Supporters of Georgia’s Republican senators gathered, with many not wearing masks. Most voters surveyed said that which party ends up controlling the Senate was a key issue for them in Tuesday’s election. And the two Republicans in the runoff races called for more GOP voters to turn out before polls closed.
Official Says Trump is to Blame if Republican Senators Lose
Gabriel Sterling, the Georgia elections official and Republican who has aggressively refuted Donald Trump’s continuing unfounded claims of fraud, said the blame will “fall squarely” on the president if Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue lose their runoff races.
Democrats’ Senate Bid Hangs in Balance With Georgia Down to Wire Bloomberg 6/01/2021 Billy House and Mark Niquette
(Bloomberg) Democrat Raphael Warnock edged ahead of incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler in one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs on Tuesday, lifting the party’s hopes for retaking the chamber from the GOP even as the two races remained too close to call.
Warnock declared victory even as media organizations delayed calling the close race and Loeffler refused to concede.
“Georgia, I am honored by the faith you have shown in me and I promise you this tonight: I am going to the Senate to work for all of Georgia, no matter who you cast your vote for in this election,” he said.