US Chamber of Commerce

Worried About 'Intimidation,' U.S. Chamber Lobbies for More Campaign Secrecy

Robert Weissman | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Big Business, Congress, Government Contracting, Chamber of Commerce, Corporate Power, Campaign Finance, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Campaign Contributions Disclosure, Government Contractors, Politics News

The corrupting pall of campaign-related contributions is worst in the area of government contracting, since this is where the direct payoffs to corporations from political spending are highest.

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Who Represents Small Business Matters

J. Kelly Conklin | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Main Street, Nfib, Small Business, Lobbying, US Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Owners, Small Business America, Small Business News

While we may not all share the same political ideology, we all do have one thing in common: every day we get up, leave home and head to our respective enterprises. That is how we survive and hopefully prosper.

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Ski Butlers Were a Hit in Washington, D.C.

Connie Lawn | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Snowboarding, US Chamber of Commerce, Skiing, Skis, Ski Butlers, Ski Butler Business, Denver News

The two young founders of Ski Butlers, Bryn Carey and Riley Tippet, were the Western Region winners of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award.

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Dems Seek Info About Firms That Funded Anti-Bribery Law Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Walmart, Video, Institute for Legal Reform, Bribery Scandal, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Bribery, Anti-Bribery Law, Henry Waxman, US Chamber of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Fcpa, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Two Democratic congressmen are investigating whether the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's tenacious attack on a key anti-bribery statute has l...

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Report: Complying With Regulations Doesn't Affect Companies' Bottom Line

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Workplace Injury, Video, Regulations, Occupational Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Obama Administration, Safety Inspections, Osha, California's Division of Occupational Safety, Business News

WASHINGTON — While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety ru...

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Are There Any Responsible Republicans Out There?

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.11.2012

The defeat Tuesday of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana in the Republican primary -- trounced by a Tea-Partier -- is one more nail in the coffin of the...

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A Movement to Reward Societal Problem Solvers

Catherine Keller | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Leadership, Chamber of Commerce, Corporate Citizenship, US Chamber of Commerce, Corporate Citizenship Month, Innovation, Impact News

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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City Quits U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Over Climate

Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: US Chamber of Commerce Climate Change, Aspen Acra, Video, US Chamber of Commerce Energy, Aspen, Aspen US Chamber of Commerce, Aspen Colorado, US Chamber of Commerce Aspen, US Chamber of Commerce, Aspen Chamber of Commerce, Green News

From The American Independent's Troy Hooper: Aspen’s chamber of commerce isn’t the first to sever ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over p...

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Walmart Took Part In Lobbying Campaign To Amend Anti-Bribery Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Retail Industry Leaders Association, Walmart, Thomas D. Hyde, Michael B. Mukasey, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal, Bribery, Justice Department, Institute of Legal Reform, Wal-Mart, Business News

Some top Walmart executives have been active in a lobbying group that is pushing to weaken the country's main anti-bribery law, as first reported in t...

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Wal-Mart Faces Federal Criminal Probe

The Washington Post | Sari Horwitz and Jia Lynn Yang | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Walmart, Elijah E. Cummings, U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Wal-Mart De Mexico, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Justice Department, Wal-Mart, Jeff Gearhart, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, Henry A. Waxman, Joe Hansen, Construction, Sec, Wal-Mart Bribery, David Tovar, Securities and Exchange Commission, Thomas Hyde, Business News

The Justice Department has been conducting a criminal probe of Wal-Mart for allegations of systematic bribery in Mexico, according to three people fam...

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Corporations May Have A Tougher Time Escaping Taxes On Foreign Profits

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Taxes, Corporate Lobbying Coalition, Senate, Video, Profits, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Reuters, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Bloomberg News, WIN America, Business News

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The corporate tax lobbying group WIN America has canceled its business with outside firms effectively ending its ad...

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End the Delays Deadly to Workers

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Memorial Day, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Chronic Beryllium Disease, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Usw, Beryllium, United Steelworkers, Asbestos, Osha, Silica, Emergency Temporary Standards, Materion Brush, Workers Memorial Day, Gao, Republic Special Metals, Government Accountability Office, Job Safety, Business News

Saturday is Workers' Memorial Day, a time devoted to commemorating those killed on the job. No one volunteers to sacrifice their life for corporate profit, yet every day in workplaces across this country, the lives of 12 workers are taken, not given.

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Inflation Threatens Small Business

AP | JOYCE M. ROSENBERG | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Small Business News and Trends, Small Business, Inflation Small Business, Inflation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Hiring, Video, Small Business News

NEW YORK -- Don't be misled by reports that inflation is tame. For small business owners, it's a threat to profits and expansion plans. An 8 percent ...

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Lobbying Groups Fight to Stop FDA From Regulating Chemical Linked to Erectile Dysfunction and Miscarriages

Suzanne Merkelson | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Bpa, Fda, Dow Chemical, Health, Bpa Health, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Food Safety, FDA and BPA, Dangers of Bpa, Bpa Controversy, Bpa Fda, Politics News

Curiously missing from the recent showering praise on the FDA are the three biggest U.S. producers of BPA: Saudi Basic Industries Corp., Bayer AG and Dow Chemical Co.

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The Dodd-Frank Rule That's Making Non-Banking CEOs Sweat

Reuters | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: MetLife Inc, GE Capital Unit, Video, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Hedge Funds, 2010 Dodd-Frank Reform Law, Reuters, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, American International Group Inc, Financial Regulation, Financial Stability Oversight Council, BlackRock Inc, Business News

* FSOC finalizes rule on how it will pick systemic firms * Insurers, hedge funds anxious to see if picked * Firms expect...

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Chamber spends early, often on GOP congressional candidates

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Senator Sherrod Brown, Tom Donohue, Chamber of Commerce, Sherrod Brown, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

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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Wall Street's Free Lunches

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: The Jane Dough, Video, Wall Street, seamless.com, Gourmet, Wall Street Perks, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Food, Banks, Wall Street Banks, Fast Company, Business News

Even on Wall Street, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But there are free fancy dinners. Most junior bankers on Wall Street are allowed a $25 ...

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Identity Theft: Are We Doomed?

Adam Levin | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Hilarry Clinton Polls, Phishing, Internet Privacy, US Chamber of Commerce, Hackers-China-US-Chamber-of-Commerce, Diginotar, Identity Theft, Business News

Hacking is a continuously evolving epidemic that is often perceived as a battle between evil and good forces. I am not overwhelmed by the proposals that I have seen because they treat the symptoms without paying attention to the infection itself.

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Auction 2012: 'NAFTA With Asia' Is Big Money's Next Goal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Outsourcing, Tpp, U.S. Trade Representative, Video, Lori Wallach, Auction 2012, Public Citizen, Trade, Nafta, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturing, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Trade Agreements, Job Creation, Politics News

Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. The 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement ...

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

Steven Strauss | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Taxes, Gop, Budget, Tea Party, Income Tax, Tennessee, Chamber of Commerce, US Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

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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Broad Coalition Argues Bills Undercut Brown v. Board

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Education News, Education, American Federation of Teachers, No Child Left Behind, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Tom Harkin, 112th Congress, John Kline, Education Reform, George Miller, Education News

A broad coalition of 38 civil rights, education reform and business groups sent House education chairman John Kline a scathing letter Wednesday, descr...

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Chamber of Commerce's Secret SOPA Email

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Stop Sopa, Video, Sopa Pipa, Lamar Smith, Sopa/Pipa, Pipa, The Chamber, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Jobs, Harry Reid, Protect IP, Chamber of Commerce, Sopa, Hollywood, Politics News

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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Occupying the GOP

Peter Dreier | Posted 03.19.2012

Nowhere can the impact of the Occupy insurgency be better seen than in the fumbling efforts of Romney's GOP rivals to capture the new anti-corporate sentiment.

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Huge Corporations Gearing Up For Tax Reform Battle

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Intel Corp, Video, RATE Coalition, Georgetown University Law Center, Corporations, American Express Co, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Tax Holiday, Tupperware Brands Corp, House Ways and Means Committee, Tax Reform Coalition, Xerox Corp, WIN America Campaign, Business News

Huge U.S. corporations are forming lobbying groups to try to influence what could become the hottest congressional debate over comprehensive tax r...

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Ohio Democratic Party, Sherrod Brown Ohio, Video, Josh Mandel, Sherrod Brown, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Elections 2012, Senate Races, Senator Sherrod Brown, Chamber of Commerce, Sherrod Brown Chamber of Commerce, Senate 2012, Josh Mandel Ohio, Grossroads Gps, Politics News

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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