Protecting CEOs' Wallets

Chamber Protects CEOs not Jobs
U.S. Chamber’s Tax Repatriation Holiday

Windfall for Chamber company CEOs, not jobs for Americans.

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Local Chambers vs. U.S. Chamber

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Local Chambers Are Distancing from the U.S. Chamber

Since 2009, over 50 local chambers have quit or denounced the U.S. Chamber for its partisanship and extremism. 

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Buying Its Political Agenda

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U.S. Chamber Buys GOP Congressional Agenda for its Top Corporate Funders

Pledging $75 Million, the U.S. Chamber bought the 112th Congress - and its agenda - for its corporate funders.

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Inside Chamber's Political Machine

U.S. Chamber Watch, allies ask IRS to investigate Chamber's tax fraud
U.S. Chamber Watch, allies ask IRS to investigate Chamber's tax fraud

Did the Chamber commit tax fraud to shill for AIG during the 2004 election?

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Laundering Corporate Cash

Who Pays for the Chamber’s TV Ads?

The Chamber spends millions on TV ad campaigns opposing reform. But it has never revealed who supplies the cash.

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New U.S. Chamber attacks on corporate political spending disclosure are a good sign

How can you tell that momentum is building for change?

Well, one good sign is that the opposition starts getting nervous about your progress.

That’s why we took it as a positive sign that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently stepped up attacks on shareholders who attempt to make companies disclose political spending.

Earlier this month, I attended an almost comical presentation at the U.S. Chamber headquarters where speakers spent most of a four hour event attacking political spending disclosure resolutions as being bad for business.

I say ‘almost’ comical because, while much of the information is laughably wrong, the subject matter is far too important to joke about.

There are a number of things wrong with what I heard at this event, but I’d like to focus on two disturbing claims in particular.

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U.S. Chamber in the News - March 18

Green for All: New Strategic Partnership with Small Business Majority

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy recently released a report that confirmed a fact many small business groups already know to be true: small businesses are leading the nation’s economic recovery. Green For All is one of the groups that has seen this first-hand. We have worked for years to support small green businesses with the skills and resources needed to create new jobs while improving our environment. We know from experience that small businesses are America’s principal drivers on the road to economic recovery. It is these businesses that are, time and time again, the most capable at fostering local community resilience in times of economic hardship.

The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce Rejects Ryan's Misogynistic Budget as an Economic Assault on Women and Women Businesses Owners

Today, the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce ( http://www.uswcc.org ) calls on congressional leaders to reject the Ryan Budget as wrong for the future of America, and pledges to take the case to protect the economic future of women to every community.

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