How an anodyne Labor Department rule got politicized

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Republicans in Congress have teed up the first veto of the Biden presidency.

designed to ensure that fund managers remain capable of considering environmental, social, and governance factors when making investments.of the bill was not to change the law — a veto was always certain — but rather to create a 2024 campaign issue.the Department of Labor rule as creating "regulations to invest retirement money in far-left liberal causes.

There is always a fiduciary reason for ESG investments, but a Trump-era rule tried to discourage such strategies anyway. Even the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute wereThe Department of Labor rule the current bill tries to overturn was written to make it clear that investors don't need to fear the potential ire of regulatory agencies when they adopt ESG investment frameworks.

Americans really don't care about the exact wording of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended — the narrow concern of this bill. Nevertheless, Republicans have found a way to weaponize it. That means the issue isn't going away any time soon.

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