The Real Estate Roundtable has announced it is suspending political contributions to members of Congress whose votes attempted to "subvert the validly expressed will of the American people in selecting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the nation's next president and vice president."

The roundtable also strongly denounced the planning, acquiescence and participation in the January 6th attacks on the Capitol.

"In the time since this armed insurrection, we have become even more appalled and our anger is amplified by the dismissive reaction of many of our national leaders, beginning with the votes cast by a band of Senators and Representatives who continue to fuel baseless claims of election fraud by refusing to certify the clear results of last November's election," the CRE association said in a statement.

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.