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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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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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'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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Chamber Of Commerce CEO Made Record Amount In 2010

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Tom Donohue, the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, made a record $4.7 million last year, at a time when the rest of the...

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Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.04.2011

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Here are 5 ways that labor unions are advancing private-investment-driven solutions to our crisis, and promoting export-led growth -- in partnership with businesses.

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Fareed Zakaria's Republican Case for a National Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.22.2011

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Zakaria begins to make the case for Republican and Tea Party support. Let's flesh it out a bit.

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Kerry's American Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, a rare thing happened in the United States Senate. A major bill was unveiled aiming to invest in America's infrastructure.

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Chamber Of Commerce President Mocks Demonstrators For Their Insufficient Knowledge Of Complicated Financial Instruments

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's important to remember that the ignorance of ordinary people who U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue mocks is precisely the state in which he hopes ordinary people to persist.

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Green News Report: February 8, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Was the W...

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Obama, Big Business Lobby Look For Common Ground

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Echoing John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama prodded business leaders Monday to "ask yourselves what you can do for America," no...

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Chamber, AFL-CIO Back Infrastructure Spending In Rare Joint Statement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO, often bitter foes in conflicts between business and labor, released a rare joint statement...

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The Fallacies of the Citizens United Decision

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Compare: Justice Kennedy, majority decision in Citizens United, January 21, 2010: With the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures...

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Green News Report: January 11, 2011 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The final...

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Business Lobby's President Backs Health Care Repeal Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Nearly 10 months after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation's preeminent business lobby, said it would not spend money to push for r...

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Chamber Of Commerce's Lobbying To Extend Bush Tax Cuts Would Reap Millions For Wealthy Backers

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The labor-backed advocacy group U.S. Chamber Watch is taking aim at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a new report, arguing that the indus...

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The Road Ahead for a Nation at Risk

Tom Donohue | Posted 05.25.2011

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We can help our nation solve its problems -- beginning with the overriding challenge of putting America back to work. We intend to begin that important work today. It can't wait.

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Lobbyists Woo Newly Elected Politicians

Roll Call | Bennett Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

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... All industry and interest groups have something in common: They are readjusting priorities, rethinking strategies and trying to make new friends i...

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Businesses Make 'Wish Lists' For Republicans, But Uncertainty Remains

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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This post has been updated. Big businesses have made "wish lists" for legislation they hope the now even more divided Congress will consider, the Wal...

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U.S. Chamber: Civil Justice Hypocrites

Gibson Vance | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a speech delivered earlier this month, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Donohue called litigation "one of our most powerful tools for...

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WATCH: Ed Schultz Takes On Business Lobby's 'Anti-American Money Bomb'

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Ed Show" host Ed Schultz took on the powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wednesday night in the wake of allegations that the business lobby is spending...

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Bg Business Lobby Thrust Into Political Firestorm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's $75 million campaign effort for the 2010 elections is being threatened by allegations that the business lobby receives ...

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Top Business Lobbyist Privately Says Dems Will Not Lose Congress

CNN | Ed Henry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top White House officials believe expectations were set so low for Democrats that they just may keep control of the House and Senate by grinding out ...

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Jane Norton Endorsed By U.S. Chamber Of Commerce

Politico | DAVID CATANESE | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce backed former Colorado Lt. Gov. Jane Norton's campaign for Senate Monday, giving the flagging establishment favorite a po...

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Tom Donohue, Chamber Of Commerce Chief, Scares Millions Of Dollars Out Of Corporations, GOP

Washington Monthly | James Verini | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Donohue scares millions of dollars out of corporations and Republicans. But is his U.S. Chamber of Commerce good for business?...

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An industry unaffected by America's economic crisis

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the same time President Barack Obama was insisting the nation needed a stimulus plan to save the drowning economy, one industry was swimming in dou...

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