CII sent a letter December 30 to SEC Chair Paul Atkins urging the commission to reverse its November 17 statement, which announced that this proxy season the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance staff will not issue decisions on no-action requests filed by companies seeking to omit shareholder proposals.

Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) sent a letter December 29 to the chair of the committee, French Hill (R-Ark.), urging him to convene a hearing with SEC Chair Paul Atkins as soon as practicable when Congress returns from the holiday break.

The SOC Investment Group is filing shareholder proposals at three major U.S. companies asking them to report on how the Trump administration’s immigration policies and enforcement are affecting their finances.