Washington DC - Major US companies are saying one thing and doing another by claiming a focus on climate action, but actively supporting lobby groups that want the Democrats' spending package to fail.

Apple, Amazon, Disney, and Microsoft are fighting the $3.5-trillion spending bill by supporting the lobbying work of US Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, and other organizations.

The planned tax hikes for high earners is the sticking point for big business.

The Business Roundtable is a lobby organization with only CEOs as members. The group is heavily opposed to the spending package.

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The US Chamber of Commerce is another lobby group with membership for entire companies. The group said that it "will do everything we can to prevent this tax raising, job killing reconciliation bill from becoming law."

Apple CEO Tim Sweeney, who is on the Business Roundtable board of directors, has regularly trumpeted his company's commitment to fighting the climate crisis.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledged $1 billion in conservation grants, and the company aims to be carbon-neutral by 2040. But the commerce giant's new CEO, Andy Jassy, is also a member of the Business Roundtable.

Disney has pledged to reach the same "green" milestone by 2030. It also backs the lobbying work of the RATE Coalition, which has plans for a massive ad campaign to stop the spending package.

Microsoft has also claimed that they use 100% renewable electricity to power their business, but is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce.

Centrist Democrats are holding up a vote on the spending package, and the most notorious of them is Senator Joe Manchin.

Manchin has been criticized heavily for blocking the bill and being a pawn of the fossil fuel industry.

Democrats can't afford to lose his vote for the bill, because Republicans in Congress are unanimously opposed to the bill.

If the bill doesn't have the support of Manchin or other Democrats who are on the fence, it could be prevented from passing.

If the bill doesn't pass, the US would miss out on its first major piece of climate legislation in over 10 years, which would kneecap US influence at the upcoming COP26 climate summit in Scotland.

Manchin, and these major companies, are contributing to holding up the process. Apple, Amazon, Disney, and Microsoft are waving the climate action flag, but behind closed doors they're supporting the fight against much-needed climate action.