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Fair Seeds for Farmers Act takes on mounting corporate power in America’s seed industry WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today … farms in Vermont and across the country. Big corporations’ abuse of the patent system is making farmers
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NEWS: New GAO Report Finds Taxpayers Continue to Subsidize Poverty Wages at Walmart, Amazon, Other Large Corporations as Corporate Welfare Spikes Since 2020
some of the largest and most profitable American corporations and their wealthy CEOs continue to pay their employees … forced to subsidize the starvation wages of large corporations like Walmart and Amazon. These corporations are making record
NEWS: Sanders Bill to Require Warning Labels on Ultraprocessed Foods & Ban Junk Food Ads for Kids Advances in Committee
America. We cannot continue to allow these greedy corporations to put their own profits over the health
Reps. Balint, Velázquez Introduce Online Sellers Bill of Rights to Protect Small Businesses from Corporate Gatekeepers
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Ending Corporate Greed Task Force, and Nydia Velázquez (NY-7), Ranking Member … playing field between independent businesses and the dominant corporations that control online commerce. "No corporation should have
Balint, Warren, Banks, and Cline File Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution Directing the FTC to Investigate Corporate Roll-ups of Firetruck Manufacturers
trucks it needs to keep people safe. But corporate consolidation has driven up prices considerably and left communities … harder for communities to protect themselves.” “When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire
Rep. Balint Cosponsors Legislation to Break Up Meatpacking Monopolies, Drive Down Grocery Costs
dominant meatpacking monopolies, rein in foreign-controlled corporate giants, and end unfair pricing practices that raise costs … paying more at the grocery store while giant corporations rake in record profits and squeeze the farmers
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long, our food system has rewarded large corporations while squeezing the workers and small farmers who feed … workers, and ensuring that people, not corporate profits, always come first.” “Multinational food and agriculture corporations are raking
Balint, Warren Lead Lawmakers in Calling for Antitrust Regulators to Closely Scrutinize Fox Takeover of Roku, Ensure Review is Free from Political Favoritism
Division, urging the agency to “closely scrutinize” Fox Corporation’s (Fox) proposed $22 billion takeover of Roku
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which would provide transparency around corporations’ use of tax havens and incentives to offshore jobs. The lawmakers’ bill … incentivizes the outsourcing of American jobs or enables corporations to dodge U.S. taxes. The legislation would also provide
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program governance and accountability mechanisms to ensure strong corporate accountability and prohibit financial exploitation or consolidation within … Dairies Act offers a pathway out from under corporate consolidation and oversupply and toward a fairer future
Rep. Balint Says Congress Must Do More to Protect Kids Online, Hold Big Tech Accountable
that puts children's well-being ahead of corporate profits.” Rep. Balint has long advocated for stronger protections
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free gear, and make sure fire fighters – not corporate interests – are at the center of research into
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need to address tax haven loophole that allows corporations to avoid paying their fair share WASHINGTON
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Welch . “Congress must step up to ensure massive corporations and ultra-wealthy shareholders can’t exploit consumers … proud to support this effort to rein in corporate greed and put the interests of ordinary Americans ahead
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individuals receiving letters are convicted fraudsters, political fundraisers, corporate executives, and wealthy donors, such as Changpeng Zhao, whose
Rep. Becca Balint Votes to Advance Bipartisan Housing Package to Address Affordability Crisis
legislation also includes provisions to limit excessive corporate ownership of single-family homes while ensuring continued housing construction … introduced the End Rent Fixing Act to stop corporations from using price-fixing algorithms to raise rents
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credit card market. “The size of monopolistic corporations is one of the biggest challenges our country faces—they
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individuals receiving letters are convicted fraudsters, political fundraisers, corporate executives, and wealthy donors, such as Changpeng Zhao, whose
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Newport City Renaissance Corporation in Orleans County to explore the feasibility of a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District
NEWS: Sanders, Baldwin Introduce Legislation to Finally Update Half-Century-Old Workplace Safety Laws, Protect American Workers
America today, it is unacceptable that large, profitable corporations like Amazon are routinely violating our nation’s health … safety laws,” Sanders said. “Even worse, when corporations are found liable for workplace fatalities and injuries
Balint Leads CPC Task Force Hearing on Taxing Corporate Greed, Calls for Fairer Tax Code
Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Ending Corporate Greed Task Force, convened a shadow hearing this week … Visions of an Affordable Life: Taxing Corporate Greed,” bringing together lawmakers and policy experts to examine
Artificial intelligence is coming for the working class. We must fight back
technology that will make them and their corporate clients even richer and more powerful. Why would any business … working class of this country was told by corporate America and their media that unfettered free trade would
Welch Joins ‘Stop Cheaters Act’ to Reverse Republican IRS Cuts, Restore Efforts to Go After Wealthy Tax Cheats
member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee, cosponsored theStop Corporations and High Earners from Avoiding Taxes and Enforce … cheats. “Under this administration, billionaires and corporations are cheating the system while working families are left holding
Yes, the rich must start paying their fair share of taxes
ownership. While profits soar, a handful of giant corporations dominate virtually every sector of our economy, charging higher … major stockholders of more than 95% of American corporations. Never before in American history have so few billionaires
NEWS: Sanders, Casar Introduce Legislation to Prevent Owners from Moving Teams Without Giving Locals Chance to Buy
states unless they get hundreds of millions in corporate welfare to build new stadiums,”Sanders said