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WASHINGTON \u2015 Defense companies have slowly ramped up their political donations to the Republicans they once purported to shun over a refusal to acknowledge President Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 election win, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reversal follows a pledge by dozens of American corporations in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection<\/a> to suspend political contributions<\/a>, some specifically targeting Republicans who rejected Donald Trump\u2019s election loss. As many of those firms returned to political giving in the first fiscal quarter of 2022, the defense industry has followed suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn response to the deeply disturbing violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, our U.S. political action committee has suspended all donations while we assess the path forward,\u201d BAE Systems<\/a> spokeswoman Tammy Thorp said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But BAE began to reverse course on March 30 and has since given $195,000 to Democrats and Republicans alike. Its employee-supported PAC gave $15,000 on April 30 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, led by one of eight GOP senators who voted to decertify election results: Senate Armed Services Committee member Rick Scott, of Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BAE declined to comment for this story and referred Defense News to its FEC filings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public filings aggregated by the left-leaning <\/b>Center for American Progress, and corroborated <\/b>by Defense News, showed that the PACs for at least six of the ten major U.S. defense firms that announced in January they would reexamine political donations have quietly given money to candidates of both parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lockheed Martin<\/a>, Boeing<\/a>, Northrop Grumman<\/a>, Huntington Ingalls Industries<\/a>, Leidos<\/a> and BAE are all giving again, while Honeywell<\/a>, General Electric<\/a>, Raytheon<\/a> and Booz Allen Hamilton<\/a> are not giving, according to their most recent filings. Honeywell and GE had said they would suspend donations to the 147 members of Congress who voted against certifying Biden\u2019s win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the weeks after the Jan. 6 riot, ten of the top <\/b>U.S. defense firms said in some way they would be pausing political giving, most for both parties. Lockheed\u2019s corporate statement at the time didn\u2019t touch on the events, saying only the company \u201croutinely evaluates and updates our political action committee contribution strategy to reflect our core values and the constantly changing political landscape and priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, Lockheed donated $150,000, with $30,000 donations for each of the main Republican and Democratic congressional party committees, which have discretion to spend money on any candidates in their chamber and party. Lockheed\u2019s individual contributions included $1,000 for SASC member Tommy Tuberville, of Alabama, who voted against certifying the election results \u2015 as well as $1,000 each for Reps. Jim Banks<\/a>, Ralph Norman, Bill Timmons and Bill Johnson, who joined a Texas lawsuit challenging Biden\u2019s electoral victory in several states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFollowing the customary \u2018start of a new cycle\u2019 evaluation of our political engagement program, our PAC program will continue to observe long-standing principles of non-partisan political engagement in support of our business interests,\u201d Lockheed said in a statement to Defense News on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Jan. 6, Leidos chief executive Roger Krone said its PAC would temporarily halt all political donations, adding: \u201cViolence, lawlessness, and anarchy have no place in our nation. We believe in civil political discourse and the fundamental right to peacefully protest, but strongly condemn violence or intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $24,000 the PAC gave three months later included $1,000 each for Banks and Reps. Chuck Fleischmann and Trent Kelly, who also joined the Texas lawsuit and objected to Congress\u2019 certification of the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn response to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, Leidos Political Action Committee (PAC) donations were paused,\u201d a Leidos spokesman said in a statement to Defense News. \u201cThe Leidos PAC has since adopted a values criterion as part of its Candidate Giving Strategy, which adds integrity and character as criterion. With this new criterion in place, the Leidos PAC resumed political donations in Q2 FY2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Boeing, in a statement after the Jan. 6 riot, said the company \u201cstrongly condemns the violence, lawlessness and destruction,\u201d and that it would pause political giving and would ensure future contributions \u201cuphold our country\u2019s most fundamental principles.\u201d Still, Boeing\u2019s political giving resumed in early May, though it isn\u2019t yet reflected in public filings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will continue to carefully evaluate our giving to ensure that we support candidates who support our business and policy priorities as well as the interests of our customers, diverse workforce, and the communities where we live and work,\u201d a Boeing spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A handful of defense lobbyists, who were given anonymity to speak about a politically sensitive topic, said there\u2019s been a slow return to business as usual and predict PACs will make up for the hiatus over the course of the two-year election cycle. Some firms \u2015 after making a statement by halting contributions for the first fiscal quarter \u2015 are under significant pressure to reengage, through donations, with the lawmakers that have influence over their industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the top primes, General Dynamics<\/a>, made no public pledge to suspend giving and has been prolific, with nearly $400,000 in political spending since mid-February, according to public filings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re Lockheed Martin and 94% of your revenue comes from the federal government, you don\u2019t have a choice,\u201d one lobbyist said. \u201cYou\u2019re actually not serving your shareholders well if you stop making political contributions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though lobbyists said that companies getting back in the giving game are avoiding some of the GOP\u2019s most extreme voices, corporate influence matters less than it once did. An explosion of direct online contributions from individual donors has rewarded lawmakers like SASC member Josh Hawley<\/a>, R-Mo., who was the first senator to announce he would object to the election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said I\u2019m not going to take any corporate PAC contributions,\u201d Hawley told Defense News. \u201cI just think that these mega corporations have got too much influence over the Republican Party, and increasingly what they want, in terms of policy, is not good for the country. I don\u2019t see any reason to give them any more influence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along similar lines, Scott, the senator who chairs the NRSC, said that so far this year the committee had raised $290,000 in small donations, but also a significant amount from PACs. Asked about the defense industry\u2019s return to political giving, Scott seemed happy to accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI reach out to everybody to raise money for the NRSC. I\u2019m a full-service chairman,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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