the united states chamber of commerce

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The Chamber's positions include:

Supportive of immigration reform

Supportive of the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision

Pro-Energy Source Diversity

Pro-Social Security Reform

Pro-Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Drilling

Pro-Offshore Oil Drilling

Pro-Nuclear Power

Pro-Health Savings Accounts

Pro-corporate globalization/free trade

Supports restrictions on naked short selling

Against taxation increase on businesses

Against raising Minimum Wages

Against many union-supported polices

Against the Affordable Health Care for America Act

Anti-Environmental regulation

Opposes the Scientific opinion on climate change<14><15><16>

Neutral on social questions such as abortion and gay marriage

The Chamber campaigned against portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is the world's largest not-for-profit lobbying group, representing many businesses and associations across the United States of America. It is not an agency of the United States government.

The Chamber is staffed with policy specialists, lobbyists and lawyers. It is known for spending more money than any other lobbying organization on a yearly basis.<1><2>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce#Mission_statement

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1. While it has many good people/organizations for members, its management is fully Teabag Republicans!

All of the leadership is made up of Bush* hacks.

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2. A story about the head of USCOC, Tom Donohue, is worth reading

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1007.verini.html

(snip)
Oddly, while Donohue casts himself as the voice of business, he has never worked for a corporation or any kind of for-profit concern—only for trade associations, nonprofits, and the federal government.
(snip)

His main talent is shaking down corporations for $$$.

:evilfrown:

[Historic NY]

3. you missed one Pro-Republican....

mostly all Republicans go on their overseas fact finding holidays.