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The bulk of Amazon-affiliated contributions to congressional and federal candidates went to Democrats — around 68% of the total amount of donated dollars, per OpenSecrets.

Amazon and the Bezos family have spent nearly $17 million this election cycle. Amazon’s and the Bezoses’ PACs spent over two-thirds of total spending on Republicans. PACs linked to the Bezoses spent 4x as much on independent spending to back Republicans.

98 out of 131 Amazon.com lobbyists in 2023 have previously held government jobs.

Apr 20, 2023 · Even as the Republican Attorneys General Association has leaned further into promoting Trumpism and sowing doubt about U.S. elections, major sponsors including Amazon, Walmart and Home Depot have...

Jan 10, 2025 · Amazon is halting some of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to an internal memo. The company said it is in the process of "winding down outdated …

Jul 13, 2021 · Two Republican lawmakers who have pushed to rein in the dominance of Amazon and other tech companies in consumer markets are seizing on the emails as evidence that Amazon unfairly used its...

Oct 26, 2022 · Amazon’s political action committee sent at least $17,500 total to nine different such GOP Representatives in just the month of September, as first reported by Judd Legum on his news site...

Apr 3, 2021 · Amazon said in a statement Tuesday that it supports efforts to "protect and expand" voting rights. But the company spent more than $500,000 last election cycle funding politicians who oppose those...

Feb 3, 2021 · Also, Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon after 27 years at the company he founded. House GOP leaders are dealing with divisions on two fronts, including how to deal with freshman Rep....