RUNNING LIST OF COMPANIES

DONATIONS AND DEMOCRACY

The connection between foreign companies and U.S. Congress members who voted against certifying the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election – Democracy, human rights and rule of law concerns

RUNNING LIST OF COMPANIES 

Note:

1. Companies headquartered in other countries coming soon. We plan to track and report on future donations by the subsidiaries of these and other companies headquartered across the world.

2. The list of companies in each country is not necessarily comprehensive – we focus on researching the largest multinationals.

United Kingdom-headquartered companies/firms (link to our UK briefing which provides further details)

(reflecting donations made after the relevant congressional votes on 6 and 7 January 2021, and covers donations recorded on the Federal Election Commission website as of 4 June 2025)

• Aon: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 2 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• AstraZeneca: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary (PAC entitled Zeneca Inc. Political Action Committee) has donated directly to the campaigns of 19 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Bacardi (headquartered in Bermuda, a UK overseas territory): The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns/PACs of 12 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• BAE Systems: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 46 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Barclays: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 3 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• BP: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 4 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• British American Tobacco): The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary Reynolds American has donated directly to the campaigns/PACs of 55 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• CNH Industrial (headquartered in the UK and incorporated in the Netherlands): The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 4 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Cobham: The PAC of Cobham’s subsidiary Ultra Electronics, a British defense and security firm with a presence in the United States, has donated since 1 August 2022 (the date that Cobham’s acquisition of Ultra Electronics was completed) directly to the campaigns of 3 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results. (See also the listing for Ultra Electronics below, covering donations it made before it was acquired by Cobham.)
• Deloitte (Deloitte is made up of independent Deloitte firms that are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, also referred to as “Deloitte Global”, which is based in London): The PAC of Deloitte's U.S. member firm has donated directly to the campaigns of 52 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Diageo: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 2 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Ernst & Young (EY) (EY is made up of a network of member firms, with a Global Executive based in London): The PAC of its U.S. member firm has donated directly to the campaigns of 45  U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Grant Thornton (an international network of member firms; Grant Thornton International Ltd, based in London, is the international body of the firm): The PAC of its U.S. member firm has donated directly to the campaigns of 12 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• GSK (GlaxoSmithKline): The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 25 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• HSBC Holdings: The two PACs of its U.S. subsidiary have donated directly to the campaigns of 6 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Imperial Brands: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary ITG Holdings USA has donated directly to the campaigns of 7 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG): The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 4 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• National Grid: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 4 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) (PwC is made up of a network of independent member firms which are separate legal entities; PwC's international body, PricewaterhouseCoopers International, is based in London): The PAC of its U.S. member firm has donated directly to the campaigns of 60 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• RELX: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 15 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Rio Tinto (joint head offices in UK and Australia): The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns/PACs of 4 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Rolls-Royce Holdings (a multinational aerospace and defense company; not to be confused with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited company): The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary has donated directly to the campaigns of 29 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Ultra Electronics (acquired by Cobham on 1 August 2022): Before the acquisition by Cobham, the PAC of the Ultra Electronics division in the U.S. had donated directly to the campaigns of 7 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results. As noted in the entry on Cobham above, after 1 August 2022 the Ultra Electronics PAC has made further donations to 3 (of those same 7) U.S. Congress members. 
• WPP: The PAC of two U.S. subsidiaries of WPP, a PAC entitled on the FEC website Prime Policy Group LLC/Burson Cohn & Wolfe Political Action Committee, has donated directly to the campaigns of 18 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.

Netherlands-headquartered companies (link to our Netherlands briefing which provides further details)

(reflecting donations made after the relevant congressional votes on 6 and 7 January 2021, and covers donations recorded on the Federal Election Commission website as of 26 September 2024)

• Aegon (Transamerica): The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary Transamerica had donated directly to the campaigns of 27 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Ahold Delhaize: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 9 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Airbus: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 28 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• CNH Industrial: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 4 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• KPMG: KPMG's U.S. PAC had donated directly to the campaigns of 24 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Louis Dreyfus Company: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of at least 4  U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• LyondellBasell Industries: Its U.S. PAC had donated directly to the campaigns of 16 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Philips: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 18 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.

Australia-headquartered companies (link to our Australia briefing which provides further details) 

(reflecting donations made after the relevant congressional votes on 6 and 7 January 2021, and covers donations recorded on the Federal Election Commission website as of 19 August 2024)

• Austal: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 11 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• CSL Limited: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 2 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Rio Tinto: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 2 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results, and to the victory fund of another U.S. Congress member after he voted against certifying the 2020 election results.

Sweden-headquartered companies (link to our Sweden briefing which provides further details)

(reflecting donations made after the relevant congressional votes on 6 and 7 January 2021, and covers donations recorded on the Federal Election Commission website as of 30 June 2021)

• AstraZeneca: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 3 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
• Elekta: The PAC of its U.S. subsidiary had donated directly to the campaigns of 3 U.S. Congress members after they voted against certifying the 2020 election results.

Future briefings will cover companies headquartered in countries including: Belgium, Bermuda (UK overseas territory), Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK, United Arab Emirates.