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- “Lockheed Martin is now the top corporate donor to GOP objectors”, Judd Legum & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Jul 19, 2021
- "The enemies list", Judd Legum, Popular Information, Mar 18, 2021
- "FACTBOX-U.S. companies suspend political donations after Capitol attack", Reuters, Jan 15, 2021
National Apartment Association
National Association of Business PACs (NABPAC)
National Association of Convenience Stores - see Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing
National Association of Home Builders
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
- “Corporations Donated Millions to Lawmakers Who Voted to Overturn Election Results”, Alan Rappeport, Madeleine Ngo & Kate Kelly, New York Times, Jan 6, 2022
- “The Corporate Insurrection: How companies have broken promises and funded seditionists”, Angela Li & Areeba Shah, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Jan 3, 2022
- “Bankrolling the Disenfranchisers: Since 2016, Corporate and Trade Association PACs Have Given $170 Million to Lawmakers Who Voted to Challenge the Presidential Election [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis and Taylor Lincoln, Public Citizen, Jan 13, 2021
National Association of Manufacturers
- "Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld [Yale School of Management] says corporate bans on political donations will stick", Dan Primack talks with Professor Sonnenfeld, Axios podcast, Feb 23, 2021
- “Corporations Should Reconsider the Value of Their Political Action Committees”, Douglas Chia of Soundboard Governance, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, Feb 8, 2021
- "Supporting democracy becomes the measure of leadership", Terry F. Yosie [Former President & CEO, World Environment Center], in GreenBiz, Jan 18, 2021
- "Corporations halt political donations, with some singling out Republicans", Aimee Picchi, CBS News, Jan 13, 2021
- "Companies rush to distance themselves from President Trump – but is it too late?", Christen Dobson, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, Jan 13, 2021
- “Business titans pull back from GOP after Capitol insurrection”, Alex Isenstadt, Elena Schneider, Theodoric Meyer and Zachary Warmbrodt, Politico, Jan 11, 2021
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
National Association of Realtors
- "Two members of Congress spoke at a white nationalist convention. These corporations are supporting their reelection.” Judd Legum, Popular Information, Feb 28, 2022
- “The Corporate Insurrection: How companies have broken promises and funded seditionists”, Angela Li & Areeba Shah, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Jan 3, 2022
- “More Corporate PACs Resume Political Donations to Republicans Who Rejected Election Results: PACs for American Airlines, GM and UPS donated to some GOP lawmakers after pausing all contributions in response to Jan. 6 Capitol riot”, Chad Day, Wall Street Journal, Jul 16, 2021
- “This sedition is brought to you by…”, CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington), Jun 23, 2021
- “Corporate America Forgives the Sedition Caucus”, Michelle Cottle, New York Times, Jun 16, 2021
- “Most corporations stood by pledges to not fund politicians who voted against Biden’s victory”, Seema Mehta, Maloy Moore and Matt Stiles, Los Angeles Times, Apr 19, 2021
- “Lawmakers Who Voted Against Certifying Biden’s Victory Saw Drop in Business Contributions”, Chad Day and Ted Mann, Wall Street Journal, Apr 16, 2021
- “The Corporate Sponsors of Voter Suppression: Since 2015, Corporations Have Contributed $50 Million to the State Lawmakers Supporting Voter Suppression Bills, Trade Groups Have Given Another $36 Million [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis, Taylor Lincoln and Rick Claypool, Public Citizen, Apr 5, 2021
- "The Slush Fund Bankrolling The Insurrectionist GOP: Corporations are being lauded for halting PAC donations after the insurrection — but they are not shutting down the real pool of cash supporting authoritarian extremists", David Sirota, Andrew Perez, Walker Bragman, and Julia Rock, in The Daily Poster, Jan 14, 2021
- "Corporations halt political donations, with some singling out Republicans", Aimee Picchi, CBS News, Jan 13, 2021
- “Bankrolling the Disenfranchisers: Since 2016, Corporate and Trade Association PACs Have Given $170 Million to Lawmakers Who Voted to Challenge the Presidential Election [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis and Taylor Lincoln, Public Citizen, Jan 13, 2021
National Automobile Dealers Association
- “In Bad Company: A year has passed since the deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol that spurred a flurry of corporate promises to defend democracy. For many of the biggest companies and trade groups in the country, those promises were broken when they funneled millions of dollars to election objectors in Congress. Did Corporate America ever honestly care about preserving our democracy?” Accountable.US, Jan 3, 2022
- “Almost a year after the Capitol insurrection, corporations have quietly ramped up donations to GOP election objectors”, Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, Dec 14, 2021 [But see also this article which documents that "since January 6, corporate PAC contributions to Republican objectors have plummeted by nearly two-thirds": “The truth about corporate contributions to Republican objectors since January 6”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, Jan 3, 2022; and see this article: “A Year Later, Most CEOs Are Keeping Their Post-Insurrection Promises”, Professor Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, Yale Insights, Jan 4, 2022]
- “Bankrolling the Disenfranchisers: Since 2016, Corporate and Trade Association PACs Have Given $170 Million to Lawmakers Who Voted to Challenge the Presidential Election [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis and Taylor Lincoln, Public Citizen, Jan 13, 2021
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Beer Wholesalers Association
National Cable and Telecommunications Association
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
National Chicken Council
National Cotton Council of America
National Electrical Contractors Association
- “The Corporate Insurrection: How companies have broken promises and funded seditionists”, Angela Li & Areeba Shah, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Jan 3, 2022
- “In Bad Company: A year has passed since the deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol that spurred a flurry of corporate promises to defend democracy. For many of the biggest companies and trade groups in the country, those promises were broken when they funneled millions of dollars to election objectors in Congress. Did Corporate America ever honestly care about preserving our democracy?” Accountable.US, Jan 3, 2022
- “This sedition is brought to you by…”, CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington), Jun 23, 2021
- “Bankrolling the Disenfranchisers: Since 2016, Corporate and Trade Association PACs Have Given $170 Million to Lawmakers Who Voted to Challenge the Presidential Election [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis and Taylor Lincoln, Public Citizen, Jan 13, 2021
National Federation of Independent Business
National Football League (NFL)
National Fuel Gas
National Multifamily Housing Council (lobbyist/trade association for the apartment industry)
National Restaurant Association
National Shooting Sports Foundation
National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
- “In Bad Company: A year has passed since the deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol that spurred a flurry of corporate promises to defend democracy. For many of the biggest companies and trade groups in the country, those promises were broken when they funneled millions of dollars to election objectors in Congress. Did Corporate America ever honestly care about preserving our democracy?” Accountable.US, Jan 3, 2022
- “This sedition is brought to you by…”, CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington), Jun 23, 2021
- “Bankrolling the Disenfranchisers: Since 2016, Corporate and Trade Association PACs Have Given $170 Million to Lawmakers Who Voted to Challenge the Presidential Election [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis and Taylor Lincoln, Public Citizen, Jan 13, 2021
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
- “These corporations back the sponsors of an Ohio abortion ban that's more extreme than Texas”, Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Nov 23, 2021
- “UPDATE: Republican lobbyists are "frustrated," push corporate PACs to resume contributions”, Judd Legum & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Nov 9, 2021
- “The January 6 corporate accountability index”, Judd Legum, Rebecca Crosby & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Aug 17, 2021
- “These corporations just donated to a Republican group that helped create the January 6 mob”, Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria & Rebecca Crosby, Popular Information, Aug 4, 2021
- “These rainbow flag-waving corporations are backing the sponsors of anti-trans legislation”, Judd Legum and Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Apr 12, 2021
- “The Corporate Sponsors of Voter Suppression: Since 2015, Corporations Have Contributed $50 Million to the State Lawmakers Supporting Voter Suppression Bills, Trade Groups Have Given Another $36 Million [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis, Taylor Lincoln and Rick Claypool, Public Citizen, Apr 5, 2021
- "Tracking Corporate America’s revolt against the Electoral College objectors", Sergio Hernandez and Tal Yellin, CNN Business, Feb 5, 2021
- "Corporations expand donation freeze to members of Pennsylvania legislature", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 19, 2021
- "After riot, major corporations suspend donations to the Republican Attorneys General Association", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 13, 2021
- “The Corporations Funding the End of Democracy: The GOP’s efforts to undermine our elections did not begin this week, and they were heavily subsidized by some of America’s best-known firms”, Osita Nwanevu, New Republic, Jan 6, 2021
- "Pennsylvania Republicans are plotting to help Trump steal the election. These corporations support them." Judd Legum, Popular Information, Sep 28, 2020
Navient Solutions
Navistar
NBCUniversal - see its parent company Comcast
NCR
Nestlé USA including subsidiary Nestlé Purina PetCare (part of a multinational headquartered in Switzerland)
Netflix
NetJets (see also parent company Berkshire Hathaway)
New Jersey Association of Realtors
New York Life
- “EXCLUSIVE: How corporate PACs are plotting to "move beyond" January 6”, Judd Legum, Popular Information, May 10, 2021
- “Corporate money trickles back to Republicans after Capitol riots: Donations to fundraising vehicles increase despite pledge to pause in wake of attack”, Lauren Fedor, Christine Zhang and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Financial Times, Mar 25, 2021
- “Bankrolling the Disenfranchisers: Since 2016, Corporate and Trade Association PACs Have Given $170 Million to Lawmakers Who Voted to Challenge the Presidential Election [PDF]”, Mike Tanglis and Taylor Lincoln, Public Citizen, Jan 13, 2021
- "Major corporations say they will stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election", Judd Legum & Tesnim Zekeria, Popular Information, Jan 10, 2021
Newell Brands