Reply #6: They endorse GOP candidates and they gave Elaine Chow a standing ovation [View All]

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Here's an example of one of the candidates they endorse:

http://www.rtoonline.com/Content/Article/Feb08/NFIB-EndorsesWidenerOhioSenate021508.asp

And here's an article in the Puget Sound Business Journal describing them as very pro Republican:

http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2002/06/24/editorial2.html

NFIB WALKS ARM IN ARM WITH GOP

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao earned a standing ovation from National Federation of Independent Business members when she outlined steps her department will take to help small businesses understand and comply with its hundreds of pages of regulations.

"In the past, some parts of our department viewed you as 'competitors' - as if you somehow stood in the way of achieving worker protection," Chao told NFIB members. "But today our culture is changing to one where NFIB and other employer groups are viewed as allies."

The new compliance assistance initiative was announced at NFIB's National Small Business Summit because the group represents the "target audience" for the new policy, a department spokeswoman says. NFIB, with 600,000 members, is the dominant voice for small businesses in Washington and ranks among the most powerful lobbying groups in D.C. (...)