Even local chambers of commerce are unhappy with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Some local chambers are even speaking out.
James Hoggan | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
Nearly all point the finger at the US for delaying a global agreement on climate change. But if they want to find the real culprit, they have no look no further than the US coal and oil industry.
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business
A House panel approved a provision Thursday that calls for a new oversight body dominated by bank regulators to advise on accounting rules for banks, ...
The San Francisco Chronicle | Kelly Zito | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
People attending this week's U.S. Chamber of Commerce convention atop Nob Hill got a typical San Francisco welcome Wednesday: stunning fall weather an...
Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is soliciting funds to pay an economist $50,000 to study health care reform legislation and issue (what the lobby presume...
Jonathan Kim | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment
Armed only with cheap suits, fake websites, a few props and nuts the size of Survivaballs, the Yes Men have become infamous for infiltrating corporate events pretending to be spokesmen for government agencies or some of the world's most powerful companies.
Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Prominent faith-based institutional investors are pressuring several of the Chamber of Commerce's biggest members -- including Merck, Walmart, McDonal...
James Boyce | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
The U.S. Chamber Of Commerce's recent actions are a complete riddle to not only me, but to many of the chamber's own members and former supporters.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business
The heated stand-off between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and lawmakers pushing for comprehensive climate change may be cooling, reports Congress Dail...
Politico | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics
The White House continued its fence-mending with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday -- very quietly -- dispatching Obama chief of staff Rahm Em...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
A new ad from the Chamber of Commerce and its allies attacking Democratic-led efforts to pass health care legislation includes a storyline that union ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Barbara Boxer is out in front on climate change in the Senate. As a result, she spent much of Tuesday sitting by herself. From the beginning, it was ...
The Yes Men | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
Chevron is a target of citizen protests in California, across the United States and around the world because of Chevron's role in climate destruction, public health abuse, and wars for oil.
Norman I. Silber | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
Regulators appear to have placed a higher value on protecting the interests of those who sell financial products than on the interests of consumers of transparent, safe, and fair financial products.
The Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
HuffPost readers responded to our request for more information about the companies and organizations which fund and support the Chamber of Commerce, w...
Wall Street Journal | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
With President Barack Obama bidding to overhaul the health-care system, tighten bank oversight and make industries pay for their greenhouse-gas emissi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
Democrats and Republicans faced off Wednesday in a congressional debate over whether shareholders should have an easier time nominating directors to c...
Joanne Doroshow | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
The U.S. Chamber created the ILR to pursue the Chamber's so-called "tort reform" agenda: protecting corporations from liability, weakening the civil jury system and blocking the courthouse door for sick and injured Americans.
POLITICO | Eamon Javers | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
It will be a day of détente between the White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday as President Barack Obama invites small business own...
AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Looking to build pressure on moderate Democrats, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it will begin airing new TV ads in seven states ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is firing back at its critics, and it's turning to Google for an assist. The massive business lobby, under siege from t...
Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
The Chamber of Commerce is suing the Yes Men over the parody press conference the group pulled off last week. The Chamber has filed a civil complaint...
AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a civil complaint on Monday against members of a liberal activist group who staged a news confer...
Posted 10.27.2009 | Business
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been vociferous in its opposition to White House initiatives on financial reform, health care reform and climate chan...
New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media
For a country desperate for good news, the now-deflated "balloon boy" spectacle would seem to be the perfect tonic. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN summed up t...
Dawn Teo | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics