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Pause in Defense Company PAC Contributions Raises Larger Questions

Pause in Defense Company PAC Contributions Raises Larger Questions

Defense companies' pause in all political donations by their Political Action Committees (PACs) in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is unlikely to disfavor disproportionately the 147 GOP congressional members who voted not to certify the Electoral College results for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. So far, Lockheed Martin [LMT], Boeing [BA], Northrop Grumman [NOC], Raytheon [RTN], BAE Systems, and Leidos [LDOS] have been the six major defense companies to suspend such political donations (Defense Daily,…

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