The US Chamber of Commerce Is Killing the Copenhagen Climate Treaty
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has already done everything it can to kill the chances of a legally binding agreement emerging from the Copenhagen climate change summit.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has already done everything it can to kill the chances of a legally binding agreement emerging from the Copenhagen climate change summit.
Dawn Teo | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics
Even local chambers of commerce are unhappy with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Some local chambers are even speaking out.
bloomberg.com | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- In Elizabeth Warren's world, credit card contracts would be so simple a teenager could read and understand them in four minutes...
John Passacantando | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
Missing from the mainstream media reports of the climate bill opposition are the actual names of the accomplices, who rarely get identified due to their heavy advertising budgets in some of the same publications.
Mary Ann West | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
As an Epic Fail saga, Joe Lieberman is basking in the fading limelight that is diminishing with time. What will he come up with next to flip those who used to support him as he continues this mad journey?
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business
The National Journal reports that the lobbying effort over climate change could grow even more contentious than the fight for health care reform. The...
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...
Gene Karpinski | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green
As President Obama has said many times: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
When the Obama administration quietly shelved its proposal to raise $210 billion over 10 years by cracking down on U.S. companies that use overseas su...
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...
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...
Pete Altman | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green
With more voices saying clearly that US Chamber of Commerce does not represent them, the Chamber's membership numbers are looking more and more questionable.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
Politico reports that businesses which make up the ranks of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are taking the heat for the business association's controvers...
Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Obama is fighting back only because Republicans have so far spent his entire presidency trying to obstruct his every move.
James Hoggan | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green
A diminished role for the U.S. Chamber would brighten the prospects of passing climate and energy policy in the United States and abroad.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business
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 $...
Pete Altman | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
Third quarter lobby disclosure reports are in and the US Chamber of Commerce reports spending $34,690,000 during the 3rd quarter of 2009.
AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Even with an economic revival, many U.S. jobs lost during the recession may be gone forever and a weak employment market could ling...
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business
Politico reports that the White House and Sen. Max Baucus helped create a corporate-backed health reform campaign by fostering a relationship with ind...
Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
It turns out that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce only has 300,000 members, not the more than 3 million it claimed to represent just a day ago.
Eliot Spitzer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business
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 ...
The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business
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...
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
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...
Yahoo Finance | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business
Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader appeared on Yahoo Tech Ticker today to discuss President Obama's plan for a consumer f...
James Hoggan | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green