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Chamber Of Commerce Members To Visit White House

POLITICO | Eamon Javers | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Chamber Of Commerce To Begin Ads Against Health Care Reform

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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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 ...

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Sam Stein

Chamber Uses Google Ads To Fight "Liberal Left-Wing Extremist Groups"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Chamber Of Commerce Taking Yes Men To Court

Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Chamber Of Commerce Sues Yes Men Over Climate Change Policy Prank

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

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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...

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Who Funds The Chamber Of Commerce? Help HuffPost Find Out

Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

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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...

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Frank Rich: In Defense Of The Balloon Boy Dad

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media

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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...

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New Pew Center Poll Confirms the Effects of Climate Confusion Campaign

James Hoggan | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

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James Hoggan

Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence, the pleadings of nation's like the Maldives -- that are being wiped off the map by rising sea levels -- Americans still question whether global warming is real or not?

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Greens Have Finally Got the Big Mo

David Roberts | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Lobbying, Accce, Superfreakonomics, Kerry-Boxer Bill, Religion and Spirituality, Lindsey Graham, Us Epa, Veterans, Obama Administration, FACES of Coal, Cejapa, Yes Men, Chamber of Commerce, Lisa Jackson, Astroturf, Climate Action Day, Bonner, Green News
David Roberts

Since the summer, greens have had one good break after another. Unlike after An Inconvenient Truth, the latest dramas are not pop culture events, but political achievements inside the Beltway.

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Sam Stein

Labor Increasingly Confident That The Chamber's Time Has Passed

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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The White House's increasingly aggressive posture on the Chamber of Commerce has emboldened like-minded critics of the business lobby to speak confide...

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US Chamber of Commerce Hates "Buy America" Slogan

Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

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Mike Papantonio

The organization that use to represent small business interests has morphed into a lapdog that serves a new master. That master is international mega-corporations.

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Mohawk Paper Joins Chamber of Commerce Exodus

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

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Brendan DeMelle

The Chamber has been losing members -- real members out of its actual 300,000 or less total -- at a rate of several each week lately.

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Mohawk Paper Quits Chamber Of Commerce

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

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New York-based Mohawk Fine Paper is the latest company to quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce citing opposition to the business association's climate ch...

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Chamber Of Commerce Spends $34 Million On Lobbying In Three Months

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

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The US Chamber of Commerce reported that it spent a mind-boggling $34.7 million lobbying Congress in the third quarter of 2009 -- far surpassing the $...

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Sam Stein

Yes Men Pull Off Chamber Of Commerce Hoax On Climate Change (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

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UPDATE: Scroll down for video of the Chamber of Commerce hoax pulled off by The Yes Men. Political performance artists, The Yes Men, have taken credi...

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Eliot Spitzer: Chamber Of Commerce Must Be Stopped

Eliot Spitzer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce--the self-proclaimed voice of business in Washington--has been wrong on virtually every major public-policy issue of the ...

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The Chamber of Commerce's Jobs Deception Campaign

Richard Trumka | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Mortgages, Labor, Wall Street, Lending, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Capitalism, Taxpayers, Unions, Free Enterprise, Richard Trumka, Business News
Richard Trumka

Unions are popularly known as "the folks who brought you the weekend." In contrast, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has the distinction of trying to take away a long and ugly list of benefits.

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Sam Stein

Chamber Taps Board Members, GOP Donors To Validate "Free Enterprise" Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched on Wednesday a major new effort to promote business entitled the "Campaign for Free Enterprise." The campaign, w...

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Dylan Ratigan To Chamber Of Commerce's Tom Donohue: "You Talk Nonsense" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

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Tom Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, made an appearance on Morning Meeting with Dylan Ratigan Wednesday to tout the Chamber...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Another Company May Leave Chamber of Commerce Over Extreme Position On Climate Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

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The holding company owned by multi-billionaire Ronald Perelman is debating whether to leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Huffington Post has lear...

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Green News Report -- October 13, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Copenhagen 2009, Nuclear Power, Obama Administration, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Lindsey Graham, Green News Report, Kerry-Boxer, Barbara Boxer, PG&E Corp, John Kerry, Philippines Typhoon, Green News, Climate Change, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Rising waters, shrinking glaciers; Slouching to Copenhagen; A Republican breaks ranks? ... PLUS: Even energy companies are...

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Financial Reform Round 1: Obama, Progressives vs. Wall St., Centrist Dems

Art Levine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Art Levine

The financial industry has already found willing Democrats and Republicans on that key House financial committee willing to help water down key elements of financial reform proposals.

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Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S Chamber of Commerce

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

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Josh Nelson

Companies should only be members of the Chamber of Commerce if they support hyper-conservative anti-regulatory policies across the board, and aren't afraid to show it.

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Obama Slaps Congress, Lobbyists In Push For Consumer Protection Agency (VIDEO, REMARKS)

Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

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The White House on Friday renewed its push for a consumer financial protection agency with President Obama and a senior economic official warning Cong...

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Inside the Chamber of Carbon's Climate War

Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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Clara Jeffery and Monika Bauerlein

In the Chamber of Commerce's zeal to please a few powerful industries they seem to have fallen out of step with their environmentally concerned members.

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