An Executive Order Requiring Government Contractors to Disclose Political Spending

[Arkansas Granny]

Would Reach 70 Percent of Top Companies

70 Percent of Fortune 100 Companies Received More Than $100,000 in Federal Contracts Last Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. – If President Barack Obama were to issue an executive order requiring government contractors to disclose their political spending, it would reach at least 70 percent of the Fortune 100 companies, Public Citizen finds (PDF).

Public Citizen reviewed government contracts that were held by the 100 largest companies in the United States – as ranked by Fortune Magazine for 2014 – and found that 70 of the Fortune 100 companies had federal contracts totaling $100,000 or more from April 2014 to April 2015. The companies represent a wide variety of industries, from defense to technology, energy to finance, entertainment to chemicals.

They include companies such as Exxon Mobil, General Motors, AT&T, Bank of America, Boeing, Amazon.com, Google, Verizon Communications, Chevron and many more. View the entire list (PDF).

http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=5482

[djean111]

1. That's great - but I do not think it will change anything. Just be more "in your face".