FACTBOX-U.S. companies suspend political donations after Capitol attack
Jan 11 (Reuters) - A number of large U.S. companies, including AT&T Inc, American Express and Dow Inc, have said they would cut off campaign contributions to those who voted to challenge President-elect Joe Biden's victory, with Republicans in the U.S. Congress facing growing blowback from Corporate America. Here is a list of companies along with their actions in response to the Capitol assault. Company Action American Halts donations to lawmakers who opposed Biden certification Express AT&T Suspends donations to lawmakers who opposed Biden certification Dow Inc Suspends contributions to all lawmakers who opposed certification of the presidential election Comcast Corp Suspending contributions to U.S. lawmakers who opposed Biden certification Best Buy Stops providing campaign contributions to the 147 members of Congress who objected to certifying the election results Marriott Suspends donations to lawmakers who voted against certifying International President-elect Joe Biden's victory Inc Verizon Suspends political contributions to members of Congress who Communications voted to object to the certification of electoral college votes Airbnb Inc Withholds support from those who voted against the certification of the presidential election results JPMorgan Chase Will pause all contributions from its political action & Co committee for at least the next six months Goldman Sachs Pausing political funding, considering new strategy in Group Inc response to last week's violence, according to sources BP Employee group suspends campaign donations for six months, will re-evaluate support criteria Citigroup Inc Intends to pause its contributions during the quarter, according to memo seen by Reuters Ford Motor Co Suspends all donations as it reviews events of last year Alphabet Inc's Temporarily suspends donations to both parties Google Facebook Inc Temporarily suspends donations to both parties Microsoft Corp Temporarily suspends donations to both parties Archer Daniels Suspends new political donations, reviews donation policies Midland Co Hallmark Cards Requests Missouri Senator Josh Hawley and Kansas Senator Inc Roger Marshall, both of whom objected to Biden's certification, to return all campaign contributions Stripe Inc Stops processing payments for Trump's campaign website Union Pacific Will temporarily suspend donations to Democrats and Corp Republicans alike Smithfield Will temporarily suspend donations to Democrats and Foods Republicans alike BlackRock Will temporarily suspend donations to Democrats and Republicans alike (Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam, Arundhati Sarkar and Trisha Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Ankur Banerjee and Devika Syamnath)
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