Scoop: White House loyalty rating for companies
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The West Wing has created a scorecard that rates 553 companies and trade associations on how hard they worked to support and promote President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," a senior White House official tells Axios.
Why it matters: Trump works transactionally, and companies have rushed to pay demonstrative homage. Now, senior aides will have data to consult when considering corporate requests.
- The unusual spreadsheet fits this administration's proclivity for micromanaging companies and administering loyalty tests.
Factors in the rating include social media posts, press releases, video testimonials, ads, attendance at White House events, and other engagement related to "OB3," as the megabill is known internally.
- The organizations' support is ranked as strong, moderate or low.
- Axios has learned that "examples of good partners" on the White House list include Uber, DoorDash, United, Delta, AT&T, Cisco, Airlines for America and the Steel Manufacturers Association.
How it works: The data, which is being circulated to White House senior staff, will be used as a reality check when someone from K Street calls and says, for instance, that they'd "love to catch up — was so great working with you to pass the big, beautiful bill."
- The ranking "helps us see who really goes out and helps vs. those who just come in and pay lip service," the official said.
- Separately, a running list on the White House website tracks announcements of "Trump Effect" investments in U.S. manufacturing, production, and innovation.
What's next: We're told this is an evolving document, with the organizations' engagement on other presidential initiatives to be added.
- "If groups/companies want to start advocating more now for the tax bill or additional administration priorities, we will take that into account in our grading," the official said.
Zoom in: Companies on the White House "good" list took a variety of approaches to supporting the megabill, often singling out specific benefits for their industry.
- DoorDash deliverer Maliki Krieski of Ripon, Wisconsin, wore a red "DoorDash Mom" T-shirt as she stood behind President Trump at a White House event promoting the bill the week before final votes. She later plugged the "no tax on tips" provision in a Fox News Digital interview.
- "No Tax on Tips is now law," Uber cheered on a blog for drivers. "No Tax on Tips, first proposed by President Trump during his 2024 presidential campaign, is a proposal to change how tips are taxed. Now that this has become law, you won't pay federal income taxes on your tips that are reported to the IRS on a 1099 form."
- Chuck Robbins — CEO of Cisco, who's also chair of Business Roundtable, the association of top U.S. CEOs — posted on X: "Encouraged by the House #reconciliation package's corporate tax provisions. By preserving a competitive rate, retaining FDII, & restoring immediate R&D expensing, this bill will strengthen America's pro-growth tax system — allowing US companies to better innovate & invest at home."
- AT&T announced "plans to more quickly build fiber infrastructure thanks to pro-investment policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress."
Airlines for America (A4A), which represents major U.S. airlines, issued a statement saying it "strongly supports the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and applauds the inclusion of a critical investment of $12.5 billion in modernizing the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic facilities, systems and infrastructure."
- United and Delta issued statements of support for the air-traffic provision.
- The Steel Manufacturers Association said the megabill "will allow manufacturers to buy new equipment, to further their lead in research and development, to raise wages and improve employee benefits. Most importantly, this legislation will allow our members to create more jobs."
