House Republicans who challenged Biden’s win are losing lots of corporate cash

By Reuters Posted on March 16, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Joint session of Congress to certify Biden as next U.S. president in Washington

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), stand after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November’s presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

By Jason Lange and Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON – In the days after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, dozens of companies said they would suspend political donations to Republican lawmakers who had backed then-President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

More than one year later, Republicans in the House of Representatives who voted to challenge the election results have so far collected about half as much corporate cash as they did at this point in the previous election cycle, a Reuters analysis of campaign finance records shows.