Biden Issues 1st Veto, Blocks Anti-ESG Investment Measure

Biden Issues 1st Veto, Blocks Anti-ESG Investment Measure
President Joe Biden speaks in irvine, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Savannah Hulsey Pointer
Nathan Worcester
Kevin Stocklin
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President Joe Biden issued his first veto on March 20, rejecting a bipartisan measure that would have blocked a Labor Department rule that allows pension fund managers to consider social factors and climate change in investment decisions—a rule that Republicans say is a “woke” policy that will harm retirees’ pocketbooks.

The president posted a video to Twitter defending his veto, saying it “made sense” because Congress’s resolution would “put at risk the retirement savings of individuals across the country.”
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