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MAGA Majority Proposes More Deficit-Exploding Tax Cuts for Rich While Threatening Default Crisis
This Tax Day, government watchdog Accountable.US highlights the numerous deficit-ballooning, trickle-down tax plans the MAGA House Majority have offered that show they were never serious about the national debt – only in further enriching their wealthy donors at the expense of the middle class.
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House GOP Passes Polluters Over People Act, Gifting Big Oil its Massive Wishlist
Today, the MAGA House majority passed its top legislative priority: H.R. 1, also known as the Polluters Over People Act.
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Timeline Shows Clarence and Ginni Thomas Benefitted from Crow Over Decades
Following last week’s breaking news of decades-worth of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s undisclosed luxury travel and gifts from billionaire megadonor Harlan Crow, government watchdog Accountable.US today released a more complete timeline of Clarence and wife Ginni Thomas’s financial benefits.
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Megabanks Post Even Bigger Profits After Reaping $20.5B From Junk Fees In 2022
Several of the nation’s largest banks released their first 2023 quarterly earnings reports this week detailing high profits that “easily exceeded investor expectations.” JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo collectively reported over $22 billion in increased profits alone.
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Largest U.S. Landlords Reaped Huge Profits Amid Double-Digit Rent Hikes
A new report from government watchdog Accountable.US finds the six largest companies represented in the multifamily and single-family rental industry reaped $4.3 billion in net income in FY 2022 — over $1.3 billion more than the previous year – as they imposed double-digit rent increases, charged excessive fees, and engaged in “abusive tactics” to
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Perks of Price-Gouging: Big Oil CEOs Receive up to 126% Pay Raise After Record Year
Two of the world’s largest oil companies, Shell and BP gave their CEOs massive pay increases after the industry raked in a record-breaking $451 billion in profits last year. Former CEO of Shell, Ben van Beurden, received $12 million in 2022, a 50% raise in compensation. The CEO of BP, Bernard Looney, received a 126% increase in compensation.
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Report: Big Meatpackers Tied to Child Labor Exploitation Have Long Histories Of Worker Abuses and Profiteering
A new review from government watchdog Accountable.US found meatpackers that own plants named in a recent federal illegal child labor citation have histories of more widespread labor abuses, price hiking, and soaring profits. In February 2023, the U.S. Labor Department imposed $1.5 million in child labor fines against Packers Sanitation, Inc.
