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Us Chamber of Commerce

Ask Budweiser to Step Down From the Chamber of Commerce

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 12.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Bud, Epa, Horses, Environmentalism, Budweiser, Environmental Protection Agency, Satire, Parody, Environment, Climate Change, Anheuser-Busch, Chamber of Commerce, Bud Light, US Chamber of Commerce, Clydesdale, Climate Bill, Green News
Matthew Filipowicz

Many companies have quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its extreme anti-environmental views and actions. Apple has quit. Nike has quit. Exelon ...

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Top Ten Civil Justice Triumphs Of the Decade!

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Supreme Court, Pharmaceutical Industry, Karl Rove, Bankruptcy, General Motors, Chrysler, Medical Malpractice, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Al Franken, George W. Bush, Wyeth, Washington State, Bill Frist, Arbitration, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

We look back with pride, and with some amazement really, at these great civil justice wins during the past decade. It hasn't been easy, and there are many to thank.

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They're All Against Jobs

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Globalization, Council on Foreign Relations, Exporting Jobs, Job Creation, Byron Dorgan, Trade War, Barack Obama, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Sen. Fritz Hollings

Everyone is crying for jobs, but no one seems to understand why there aren't any. And the reason for those opposing jobs is money.

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Greenpeace Declares U.S. Chamber of Commerce HQ a "Global Warming Crime Scene"

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Climate Change, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming Crime Scene, Copendenier, Greenpeace, cop15, Global Warming, Climate Policy Hostage Area, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

The Chamber has spent millions of dollars on misinformation campaigns and lobbyists working to derail Congressional efforts to pass climate and energy legislation.

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Fox 'News' Fans Flood Anti-U.S. Chamber Campaign With Death Threats, Racial Attacks

Brad Friedman | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fox News, Velvet Revolution, Tom Donohue, Chamber of Commerce, Tea Baggers, Death Threats, Conservatives, US Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Brad Friedman

"Conservative" Fox "News" fans sure do use the F-word a lot in their death threats. We're used to various death threats by now, but those American "values"-lovin' viewers have really outdone themselves this time.

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News Flash From Bjorn Lomborg and the WSJ: We Should Help Poor People

Andrew Winston | Posted 12.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Melting Glaciers, Bed Nets, Bjorn Lomborg, Malaria, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Climate Change, Climate Change Skeptics, US Chamber of Commerce, Greenpeace, Wall Street Journal, Jeff Immelt, Himalayas, Green News
Andrew Winston

Who said that tackling climate change is separate from helping the poorest among us? The issues are all integrally related and the poorest are being hit hardest by climate changes already.

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Wal-Mart of Construction Industry Launches Another Assault on Its Workers

María Elena Durazo | Posted 12.07.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Health Care Reform, Labor, Unions, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Los Angeles News
María Elena Durazo

The anti-worker Associated Builders & Contractors has teamed up with its right-wing friends to fight President Obama's health care reform efforts.

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The US Chamber of Commerce Is Killing the Copenhagen Climate Treaty

James Hoggan | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Brian Flannery, Center for Public Integrity, Lobbyists, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Exxon Mobil, Green, Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy, cop15, International Chamber of Commerce, Copenhagen Climate Summit, Nick Campbell, General, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability, Astroturf, Global Warming, Oil Industry Lobbyists, Bingos, Green News
James Hoggan

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.

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Besieged by Critics

Dawn Teo | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chamber of Commerce, American-Rights-at-Work, Uschamberofcommerce, US Chamber of Commerce, American Rights at Work, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Dawn Teo

Even local chambers of commerce are unhappy with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Some local chambers are even speaking out.

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Elizabeth Warren's New Model For Wall St.: 'If You Can't Explain It, You Can't Sell It'

bloomberg.com | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Congresisonal Oversight Panel, Coors Light, Elizabeth Warren, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Financial Reform, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Consumer Protection Agency, Harvard, Barack Obama, Thomas Cooley, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

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...

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Fossil Fuel Companies Block Climate Treaty

John Passacantando | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, US Chamber of Commerce, Exxon Mobil, President Obama, Green News
John Passacantando

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.

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Singing Of The GOP Sirens, Joe... Joe... Joe...

Mary Ann West | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homer, John McCain, Public Option, Freedomworks, Homeland Security, Wwwsourcewatchorg, Right Principles PAC, Odyssey, Factcheck.org, Benedict Arnold, Ned Lamont, Sirens, Connecticut, Joe Lieberman, myleftnutmeg.org, 60 Plus, US Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Mary Ann West

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?

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Lobbying Battle For Senate Climate Bill Intensifies

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Bipartisanship, Lobbyblog, Climate Change Legislation, US Chamber of Commerce, Business News

The National Journal reports that the lobbying effort over climate change could grow even more contentious than the fight for health care reform. The...

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Who Funds The Chamber Of Commerce? HuffPost Readers Respond

The Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chamber of Commerce Members, Chamber of Commerce, Who Funds the Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Politics News

HuffPost readers responded to our request for more information about the companies and organizations which fund and support the Chamber of Commerce, w...

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The Race Is On for Clean Energy

Gene Karpinski | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Barbara Boxer, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, John Kerry, Steven Chu, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Green Energy, US Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Green News
Gene Karpinski

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.

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Arthur Delaney

Tax-Dodgers And Their Lobbyists Put The Brakes Obama's Tax-Haven Crackdown: U.S. PIRG

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: US Pirg, Pace Coalition, Tax Dodgers, Lobbyblog, Tax Privacy, Tax Havens, US Chamber of Commerce, Business News

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...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Investor Protection Act: Dems Square Off Against Republicans On Shareholders' Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Shareholders, Mike Castle, Barney Frank, Preemption, Financial Crisis, Maxine Waters, Chamber of Commerce, Proxy Access, US Chamber of Commerce, Federal-Preemption, Business News

Democrats and Republicans faced off Wednesday in a congressional debate over whether shareholders should have an easier time nominating directors to c...

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Who Funds The Chamber Of Commerce? Help HuffPost Find Out

Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Who Funds Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce Climate Change, US Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce Donors, Transparency, Business News

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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More Questions About the US Chamber's Membership Number Claim

Pete Altman | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Pseg, Duke, Toyota, Ge, Nike, Exelon, Levistrauss, Pnm, Microsoft, Entergy, Shell, Peabody, PG&E, Mohawk, Alcoa, San Francisco Chamber, Johnson & Johnson, US Chamber of Commerce, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Seventh Generation, Green News
Pete Altman

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.

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Chamber Businesses Pressured To Take A Stand On Climate Change

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Lobbyblog, US Chamber of Commerce, Toyota Prius, Climate Change, Business News

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...

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Obama and the Cowardly Goons; or, Politico's Incorrect and Appallingly Stupid "Analysis" of the President's Response to his Critics

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: News Media, Conservatives, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Rush Limbaugh, Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei, US Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Michael J.W. Stickings

Obama is fighting back only because Republicans have so far spent his entire presidency trying to obstruct his every move.

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Chamber of Commerce: A Long History of Killing Clean Energy Policy

James Hoggan | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Us Chamber of Commerce Climate Change, Us Chamber of Commerce Global Warming, Climate Change, Green, Environment, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Obama Climate Change, US Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Us Energy Policy, Green News
James Hoggan

A diminished role for the U.S. Chamber would brighten the prospects of passing climate and energy policy in the United States and abroad.

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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

Read More: Health-Care-Reform, Lobbyblog, US Chamber of Commerce, Climate Change Legislation, Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce Lobbying, Business News

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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US Chamber Quadruples Lobbying Activities; Sets Single-Quarter Record for Lobbying Congress

Pete Altman | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate, US Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Green News
Pete Altman

Third quarter lobby disclosure reports are in and the US Chamber of Commerce reports spending $34,690,000 during the 3rd quarter of 2009.

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