One of the immediate fallouts of the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021, has been the suspension of political donations from corporations. This includes defense contractors whose PAC donations have since dried up. This article published by The Center for Responsive Politics is by Karl Evers-Hillstrom
Virtually all of the nation’s top defense contractors are avoiding making PAC donations so far this year, a significant shift as they freeze political giving following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
Through the first two months of 2021, the leading defense firms made less than $150,000 in PAC donations to federal political committees. Industry giants such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman — which depend on close relationships with Washington lawmakers — have yet to make any political donations.
That’s a stark departure from tradition. With the start of each calendar year, PACs get the green light to make new maximum donations, and defense contractors typically make their investments early. At the same point after the 2016 election cycle, these defense PACs had already given $1.4 million to federal committees. As of March 2019, they had already donated nearly $1.7 million.
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