Tracking the Chamber

This week, U.S. Chamber Watch and its allies were busy debunking the U.S. More...

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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% More...

The 2012 election cycle is full steam ahead and two local chambers of commerce in Montana have come out swinging against the U.S. Chamber’s recent misleading ads attacking Montana Democratic Senator Jon Tester.  Once again, local chambers are concerned about being tied to the national organization’s politics and are stepping out publicly to make the distinction clear. More...

Dragging a little today? Desperately trying to focus on work while wishing you were still on a beach? Just be glad you don’t work for a member company of the US Chamber—you might not have gotten that vacation at all. More...

Last Thursday, the doors of the U.S. Chamber were once again stacked with Occupy DC protestors, while the Republican National Committee held its holiday party inside. We have to agree with Politico’s Ken Vogel, who recently tweeted, “If the US Chamber of Commerce doesn't want to be thought of as a GOP arm, it probably shouldn't host @RNC holiday party.” More...

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This Thursday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will be holding its annual, lavish holiday party at its Washington D.C. headquarters. More...

Your turkey leftovers may be almost gone but the U.S. Chamber is getting stuffed with critique this week.

A Gaggle of Misleading Ads: The U.S. Chamber’s first ad buy of the 2012 election cycle, attacking a handful of Senate Democrats, had several inaccuracies, according to Politico, the Huffington Post, and Factcheck.org: More...

Last week, another local Chamber of Commerce member announced that they had canceled their membership to the U.S. Chamber, citing the national business lobby’s intense partisanship, opposition to health care reform and draconian views on climate change. Since 2009, nearly sixty local Chambers of Commerce have either withdrawn or denounced the U.S. Chamber. More...

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Local chambers, major corporations, and community members have continued the “great migration” away from the U.S. Chamber’s partisanship this fall. Even in an off-election year, major news publications have covered local chambers quitting the U.S. Chamber or distancing from it More...