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Ohio Unions Battle Conservative Super PACS for Votes

The New York Times: Ohio Unions Battle Conservative Super PACS for Votes

By Monica Davey and Steven Greenhouse, 9/4/2012

The election commission’s $2 billion figure for donations from corporate PACs and employees did not include the amount that business spends on lobbyists or business’s political donations to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Citizens United, dark money, election spending, outside spending, political spending, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, In the News

Ohio’s Gas-Fracking Boom Seen Aiding Obama in Swing State

Bloomberg: Ohio’s Gas-Fracking Boom Seen Aiding Obama in Swing State

By Jim Snyder, 9/4/2012

“We need an energy policy for today, tomorrow, and 50 years from now,” said Karen Harbert, chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. “We don’t need an energy policy just for 50 years from now.”

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energy, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, In the News