{"id":1865328,"date":"2023-03-02T10:48:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T15:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1865328"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:51:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T15:51:14","slug":"house-and-senate-send-rebuke-of-bidens-esg-agenda-to-his-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-and-senate-send-rebuke-of-bidens-esg-agenda-to-his-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"House And Senate Send Rebuke Of Biden\u2019s ESG Agenda To His Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-and-senate-send-rebuke-of-bidens-esg-agenda-to-his-desk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1865328&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Republicans and a few Democrats in both the House and Senate refuted the assertion. <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> Over a rule that would allow retirement fiduciaries the ability to invest in compliance with the environmental and social governance movement (also known as <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/esg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Labor Department published this information. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/ebsa\/about-ebsa\/our-activities\/resource-center\/fact-sheets\/final-rule-on-prudence-and-loyalty-in-selecting-plan-investments-and-exercising-shareholder-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final rule<\/a> Last year, that was a reflection of the Biden administration&#8217;s directives to protect the economy. &#8220;climate-related financial risk that may threaten the life savings and pensions of America&#8217;s workers and families.&#8221; This new rule was created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-barred-retirement-plans-from-mixing-wokeness-with-profits-biden-is-reversing-that-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inverse<\/a> Fiduciaries can now weigh, despite a ban previously placed under Trump&#8217;s administration. &#8220;the economic effects of climate change and other ESG considerations&#8221; As long as these concerns are relevant to a return-and-risk analysis.<\/p>\n<p>While the House voted to repeal the rule 216-204, the Senate voted 50-46. Senator Jon Tester (D\u2013MT), Senator Joe Manchin (D\u2013WV) and Rep. Jared Golden, (D\u2013ME) voted with Republicans to support the measure. It was introduced by Sen. Mike Brain and Rep. Andy Biggs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Biden is putting Hoosiers&#8217; retirement savings at risk by changing the rules to allow money managers to invest based on progressive political goals rather than on the best rate of return,&#8221; Braun stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.braun.senate.gov\/senate-passes-senator-brauns-bipartisan-challenge-biden-401k-rule-major-rebuke-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statement<\/a>. &#8220;President Biden will now receive a searing, bipartisan rebuke of his policy that&#8217;s going to hurt Americans&#8217; retirement savings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans celebrated the passage of the resolution as a warning to the Biden administration for supporting the ESG movement. The multiple Republican state attorneys-general who were involved in the resolution&#8217;s passage are not the only ones. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/attorneys-general-sue-biden-admin-over-rule-that-lets-esg-into-retirement-savings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suit filed<\/a> The rule is broken by Republican state treasurers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/states-have-pulled-nearly-12-billion-from-blackrock-this-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diverted<\/a> BlackRock, an asset management company, received $12 billion last year for its embrace of ESG.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today&#8217;s bipartisan vote makes clear what we have long said: ESG is an attempt to circumvent the democratic process to advance an inherently political agenda,&#8221; Derek Kreifels, CEO of State Financial Officers Foundation, stated in comments to The Daily Wire &#8220;Any move to supplant or dilute the fiduciary duty would undercut the foundations of our economic freedom and harm the American worker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/ebsa\/ebsa20201030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rule<\/a> Trump Administration banned managers of retirement funds from being established &#8220;selecting investments based on non-pecuniary considerations.&#8221; They had to &#8220;base investment decisions on financial factors&#8221; alone. Skeptics of ESG argue that the investment philosophy mixes political and social causes such as reducing carbon emissions or achieving racial diversification in a way that compromises profitability.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is expected revoke the resolution, marking his first veto.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Republicans talk about their love of free markets, small government, and letting the private sector do its work. The Republican bill is opposite of that,&#8221; Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press secretary, said in prepared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2023\/03\/01\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statement<\/a> Delivered Wednesday &#8220;It forces MAGA Republicans&#8217; ideology down the throats of private sector and handcuffs investors as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ESG could emerge in the Republican presidential primary as a major issue. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump are leading early polls in the Republican primary as their preferred nominees. Vivek Rajaswamy, Strive Asset Management Executive Chairman, has opposed totalizing investment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/vivek-ramaswamy-top-private-sector-voice-against-esg-teases-possible-presidential-run\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enter<\/a> The contest was won and the issue was placed at the heart of his platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans and a handful of Democrats in the House and Senate rebuked the White House over a rule that would allow retirement fiduciaries to invest in accordance with the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG. 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