At the end of January, Politico ran a story about General Motors CEO Mary Barra’s new professional challenge: Balancing GM’s support for the Biden administration’s Build Back Better economic plan with the Business Roundtable’s opposition to the same plan. Barra is the Roundtable’s chair for 2022, a role which will require her to make public statements about major public policy issues which affect businesses.
The article was evidence of Barra’s rise as a power player where business meets politics. Politico wasn’t subtle, citing her many appearances with President Joe Biden in support of his economic and green energy agendas. But the article also framed the Roundtable as having an “apparent contradiction” with Barra’s support for BBB because of the organization’s opposition.
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