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The U.S. Chamber in the News - October 22

Posted by Elizabeth Ben-Ishai on October 22, 2012

Big Oil and the U.S. Chamber Fight to Keep Foreign Bribery Flourishing
In a new lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), big energy extractors are pushing for carte blanche in their interactions with foreign governments, making it harder to track whether their deals are padding the coffers of dictators, warlords, or crony capitalists. [PR Watch]

Rally targets U.S. Chamber political spending in Maine, nation
A Falmouth childcare provider upset with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's political activity in Maine and nationwide spoke at a Friday rally in Washington intended to pressure the powerful business group to disclose its donors. [Morning Sentinel]

Chamber of Commerce seeks to mobilize pro-business vote
At a time when many small business owners are unhappy with President Obama's policies, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has launched a new video campaign urging people to get out and vote in favor of business and jobs in November.  [Daily Caller] More...

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Time to Play: Earth Day the Chamber's Way

Posted by Lauren Levenstein on April 22, 2011

To celebrate Earth Day, we thought it might be fun to see how much you really know about the nation’s largest lobbying entity that is currently the leading voice of big corporations’ anti-environmental agenda.  Do you know how the anonymous corporate money funneled through the Chamber by Big Oil and Coal is affecting environmental policy? More...

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U.S. Chamber Member: High Gas Prices Are Wall Street's Fault

Posted by Matt Trojan on April 13, 2011

In a rare departure from its usual protocol, it appears that the U.S. Chamber is not listening to Wall Street. On Tuesday, U.S. Chamber member Goldman Sachs attributed burgeoning oil prices to rampant market speculation-- that is, a Wall Street giant openly admitted that it's Wall Street's fault, not a problem of supply and demand, that have forced gas prices to unaffordable levels. More...

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The surprising answer from Google on its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

It can be hard to get a big corporation to go on record about anything – much less something controversial.

That’s why I was pleasantly surprised by the answer I got at Google’s annual shareholder meeting when I asked cofounder Larry Page why the company is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an organization that has publicly opposed many of Google’s positions and interests.

After receiving applause for my question, Google’s head lawyer David Drummond – who was helping Page to answer questions – responded that the company’s membership in the U.S. Chamber is something senior leadership debates a lot. He added that while there are some things that the U.S. Chamber is good for, there is a lot of stuff it does that Google doesn’t agree with.

He concluded by saying that, “while we are members for now, it’s something that we do review.”

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Google should disclose its political spending and leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

You can Google anything right?

Well, try going to the search engine and entering “Google’s political spending.”

You’ll get something like this:

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