Chamber of Commerce

Powerful GOP-Leaning Group Has Big Plans For 2012

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

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By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S Chamber of Commerce, which helped Republicans make big gains in the 2010 cong...

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Disclosure For Kochs, Rove Comes Closer

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- One of the most consequential campaign finance loopholes affecting the 2012 race -- the one allowing big-money donors to secretly funnel...

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House Votes To Extend Key Institution

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — The House voted Wednesday to extend the life of the Export-Import Bank, culminating a struggle that has split Republicans between p...

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Anti-Obama Group Wants To Hide Donors

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The recent district court ruling in the case Van Hollen v. Federal Election Commission that requires groups spending money on certain el...

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A Movement to Reward Societal Problem Solvers

Catherine Keller | Posted 05.01.2012

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Being loud and proud isn't for everyone. But we hope corporate citizens everywhere will stand up to be counted. We'll take care of the loud part; it's up to you to help your favorite corporate citizen be proud and be counted in this year's applicant pool. After all, corporate citizenship counts.

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One Step Closer To Disclosure For Kochs, Rove, Chamber

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A court ruling requiring non-disclosing political groups -- including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Koch brothers' Americans for ...

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Congress Looks Into Walmart's Lobbying Against Anti-Bribery Law

The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 04.25.2012

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Two congressmen investigating the Walmart bribery scandal announced on Wednesday that they will also begin probing Walmart's lobbying against the Fore...

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ALEC Mixes Legislators, Lobbyists

New York Times | Posted 04.22.2012

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Desperate for new revenue, Ohio lawmakers introduced legislation last year that would make it easier to recover money from businesses that defraud the...

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The Best Congress the Banks' Money Can Buy

Bill Moyers | Posted 04.09.2012

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After months of haggling and debate, Congress finally passes reform legislation to fix a serious rupture in the body politic, and the president signs it into law. But the fight's just begun, because the special interests immediately set out to win back what they lost when the reform became law.

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Labor's Top Senator Left To Save Self From Conservative Ad Storm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2012

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Facing an avalanche of negative advertisements, labor’s most outspoken and visible champion in the Senate has, so far, been left to fend for himself...

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Court Ruling: Rules Blocking Disclosure By Kochs, Rove, Chamber Invalid

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 03.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- On Friday evening, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling that could begin the process of revealing the id...

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Spending Jump Outpaces Income Growth

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers boosted their spending in February by the most in seven months, raising expectations for stronger growth at the star...

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Chamber-Backed Anti-Protest Bill Draws Fury Of Unions AND Tea Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.29.2012

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Labor unions and Tea Party activists came together at the Georgia statehouse Thursday morning to speak out against a controversial bill that they say ...

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Big Businesses In Bind Over Supreme Court's Health Care Case

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.15.2012

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Big business lobbying groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that fought hard against President Barack Obama's health care reform law want the Supre...

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Chamber spends early, often on GOP congressional candidates

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.09.2012

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By Peter H. Stone, iWatch NewsFor the big-spending U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 2012 election season began early with a flurry of hard-hitting ads ...

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GOP Outside Groups Making Big Moves Earlier Than Ever

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 04.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — Republicans' clear shot at winning control of the Senate is attracting tens of millions of dollars from GOP-allied outside groups e...

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A Disturbing Glimpse of GOP's Low Tax/Limited Regulation Utopia

Steven Strauss | Posted 04.02.2012

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When a politician tells you s/he can cut your taxes and reduce regulations -- without increasing the budget deficit, and/or reducing the quantity (or quality) of services -- that politician is likely a liar.

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The GOP's Salvation: A Modest Proposal

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 03.24.2012

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The GOP should do something bold. Something unexpected. Something... audacious. It should nominate Goldman Sachs for president.

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Chamber of Commerce's Secret SOPA Email

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The top intellectual property lawyer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appears to have sent out an email to underlings on Friday, notifyin...

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Elizabeth Warren Leaves Voicemail For Scott Brown, Asking For Third Party Détente

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.13.2012

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One day after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce pledged to be "significantly involved" in the Massachusetts Senate race, Democrat Elizabeth Warren is urgin...

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Armed With Naïvete

Bill McKibben | Posted 03.06.2012

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, front outfit for a consortium of corporations, has bragged on its website about outspending everyone in Washington, which is easy to do when Chevron, Goldman Sachs, and News Corp are writing you seven-figure checks.

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Pity Poor Newt Gingrich

Robert Weissman | Posted 03.05.2012

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Pity poor Newt Gingrich. Alright, I admit it's hard to muster much pity for Gingrich. Still, he now stands as not the first, but the most recent, pr...

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Which Senate Race Is Attracting Most GOP Third-Party Spending?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic Senate candidates Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) may be soaking up national attention from progressives dur...

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Chinese Hackers Used 'Spear Phishing' To Attack U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 12.21.2011

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As hackers from China snooped around the computer system of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year, many Chamber employees started receiving a dramati...

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'Nonprofit' Means Personal Wealth For CEOs

The Huffington Post | Max Rosenthal | Posted 12.20.2011

WASHINGTON -- The chief executives of major companies are frequently blasted for their massive salaries, but new reports show that the heads of the na...

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