In what is becoming a sort of “will the last local Chamber standing please turn out the lights?” situation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s partisan political activity has caused even more local chambers of commerce to distance themselves. More...
Yesterday, Jon Youngdahl, National Political Director of the SEIU wrote a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, in which he pointed to the continued distorted comparison of political spending by labor unions to the political spending of “shadowy” organizations “that have sprung up in the wake of…Citizens United.” Youndahl reemphasized the key difference between labor union political spending and the U.S. Chamber’s political spending: DISCLOSURE. More...
Two state civic groups in Maryland are asking their state chamber to use its leverage to demand accountabilty from the U.S. Chamber.
Most state chambers of commerce, including the Maryland Chamber, pay dues to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and are considered "members" of the national Chamber. More...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has come under fire from several groups calling on it to show that the money it uses to influence American elections did not come foreign sources. Today, the Veterans Alliance for Security and Democracy joined in those calls. More...
Publicity over the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s questionable practices has earned the Chamber some new buddies – Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck.
Despite the Chamber’s repeated claims to be non-partisan and representative of small businesses, voices on the extreme right are lending the Chamber their support and the Chamber doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, ChamberPost bloggers are even thanking them. More...
Well, it’s official: Tea Party boss Glenn Beck and his listeners are the Chamber’s new best friends and contributors. We may not know most of the companies laundering the Chamber’s agenda or whether it has been doing so legally,
Today, U.S. Chamber Watch bids a fond farewell to Brad Peck, the infamous Chamber Post blogger who said that women who sought equal pay with their male counterparts were doing so out of a “fetish for money.” More...
The embarrassing revelation that News Corp donated $ 1 million each to the Republican Governors Association and U.S. Chamber of Commerce has created more problems for the company than just bad press stories. Shareholders have begun to express their concerns about the use of News Corp’s corporate funds to promote partisan attack ads.
"Chamber representatives do have the benefit of appearing on Fox "News" to give their side of the story, as they have been doing. Fox is owned of course by the News Corporation. What is the News Corporation? A $1 million donor to that same Chamber of Commerce attack campaign."
U.S. Chamber’s “Jobs Agenda” Doesn’t Create Jobs, Say Advocates in Advance of “State of American Business” Address Chamber-Proposed Deregulation and Tax Breaks Benefit Big Business at the Expense of the 99%
Well, it’s official: Tea Party boss Glenn Beck and his listeners are the Chamber’s new 
"Chamber representatives do have the benefit of appearing on Fox "News" to give their side of the story, as they have been doing. Fox is owned of course by the News Corporation. What is the News Corporation? A $1 million donor to that same Chamber of Commerce attack campaign."
