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House Judiciary Committee requests ESG documents from California pension system

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) requested documents late last year from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest public pension system in the country, and Ceres, a nonprofit group that advises CalPERS on environmental matters. The committee is seeking information about CalPERS’ ESG efforts and the…

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House Judiciary Committee opens probe into Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis hours before Trump surrender

House GOP has targeted every law enforcement agency prosecuting Republican ex-president for any matter

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House Judiciary Committee requests ESG documents from California pension system

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Congressmen send letters requesting ESG information from Big Three asset managers

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), along with Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), sent letters to the Big Three passive asset management firms—BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard—on July 6 requesting information about their efforts to combat climate change through ESG. Jordan said such efforts could violate…

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FBI Director Wray Declines To Comment On Potential Biden Bribery Investigation

Lawmakers press for answers regarding allegations of criminal bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden.

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GOP lawmaker compares Hunter Biden to glitter: ‘You cannot get rid of him. We’re sick of it’

Several social media users found the comparison hilarious

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FBI Director Wray grilled as House GOP members allege 'politicization' of the agency

Wray faced a wide range of questions by House Judiciary Committee members, most framed as accusations that the FBI pursues a political agenda targeting conservatives.

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg allows Congress to question former prosecutor over Trump probe

Mark Pomerantz will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on 12 May

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House Republicans, Manhattan DA end fight over Trump inquiry

House Republicans and the Manhattan district attorney’s office have reached an agreement to end a legal dispute over a House Judiciary Committee inquiry into former President Donald Trump’s historic indictment

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Republican immigration package sparks debate at House Judiciary panel

WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee members accused each other of partisan posturing and political theater in an hourslong meeting Wednesday on a Republican border security proposal that would impose sweeping restrictions on asylum access at the border.

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Judge to rule in US Rep. Jim Jordan's probe of NY prosecutor

A federal judge in a criminal probe of former President Donald Trump has posed dozens of questions to both sides as she decides whether to let U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan's House Judiciary Committee question a onetime key prosecutor

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Republican border package sparks debate at House Judiciary panel - Roll Call

House Judiciary Committee members accused each other of partisan posturing in an hourslong meeting on a Republican border security proposal.

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Some Republicans say New York is in the grips of a crime wave. Experts say not at all

Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing in Manhattan about New York City's crime problem. But experts say there is no problem.

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Protesters shout at Jim Jordan outside of House hearing in New York City on Alvin Bragg

Protesters shouted, ‘Hey hey, ho, ho, Jim Jordan’s got to go’ as the House Judiciary Committee conducted its field hearing

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Ohio murder rates far higher than NYC as state’s GOP Rep. Jim Jordan slams city’s crime woes

NEW YORK — Before Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan gavels into order a House Judiciary Committee hearing Monday aimed at shaming New York City’s crime problem, he might consider a deep look at the far higher murder rates of his home state.

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District attorney prosecuting Trump sues Republican Jim Jordan

DA Alvin Bragg accuses the House Judiciary Committee chair of a ‘transparent campaign to intimidate and attack’ him.

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sues Jim Jordan and House GOP for ‘brazen and unconstitutional attack’ on his Trump case

NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg threw down the legal gauntlet against House Republicans on Tuesday, accusing them of a “brazen and unconstitutional attack” on his office over its criminal indictment of ex-president Donald Trump.

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Manhattan DA sues Jim Jordan to block ‘transparent campaign’ of intimidation over Trump prosecution

Lawsuit seeks to block any future subpoena targeting district attorney or his office

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Trump to surrender in days after being indicted on ‘more than 30 charges’ in Stormy Daniels hush money case

The indictment against the twice-impeached Mr Trump makes him the first former US president to face criminal charges

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GOP weighs protecting Trump with law shielding ex-presidents from prosecution

Manhattan District Attorney’s probe could result Mr Trump facing criminal charges over hush money payments he made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016

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Soap or a phone call? Colorado lawmakers want to make prison phone calls free so families don’t have to choose

DENVER — Norman Vasquez often has to choose between buying soap or calling his family while serving time at Colorado’s Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility.

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Lawmakers moving to repeal Michigan's 1931 abortion ban

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan House and Senate panels advanced bills Wednesday that would repeal a 1931 statute that bans abortion in Michigan, roughly four months after residents voted to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.

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Biden administration urges Congress to renew warrantless surveillance law

Section 702 cast as an essential tool to gather intelligence about terrorists and other foreign targets located overseas

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Lawmaker sparks outrage after asking about the potential economic benefits of the deaths of abused Alaska children

JUNEAU, Alaska — Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman sparked outrage online after asking whether there could be economic benefits from the death of abused children.

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US tech bosses subpoenaed in Republican hunt for liberal conspiracy

Washington (AFP) - US lawmakers issued subpoenas to top Silicon Valley executives on Wednesday as Republicans seek to establish an unproven conspiracy theory that Big Tech and the government have colluded to suppress conservatives' free speech.

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