WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate is close to wrapping up talks ahead of introducing a compromise climate change bill, said a top Democratic lawmaker who discussed ideas with industry groups on Wednesday. "We're planning to button up our efforts somewhere I hope ...
<div id="subtitle">GOP using labor-backed bill to draw support</div><div><p> Sen. John Ensign may have found the perfect tool for his almost Herculean task of defending Senate Republicans in November: unions — or, more accurately, fear of them.</p><p>Ensign, Nevada’s junior senator and ...
<div id="subtitle">Bankruptcy opponents' lobbying expenses</div><div><p>The 2008 lobbying expenses on all issues by groups that oppose legislation to let bankruptcy judges alter terms of mortgages. The figures were compiled by the Center For Responsive Politics. They include subsidiary organizations of the parent group ...
<div><p>Barack Obama rode a wave of economic discontent to the White House and now faces the daunting task of turning the weakening economy around.</p><p>Business groups wary of Obama's populist campaign rhetoric hope to make common cause with the Illinois senator and other ...
<div id="subtitle">House approves $8 billion to shore up highway trust fund as it heads into the red</div><div><p>The House on Wednesday approved an $8 billion infusion into the highway trust fund, restoring temporary solvency to the federal account essential to keeping the nation's ...
<div><h1> LABOR RELATIONS KEEP THE SECRET BALLOT ALIVE </h1><p>WHAT BUSINESS WANTS</p><p>Steve Walker, president of Walker Machinery in Charleston, W. Va., has one word for the Employee Free Choice Act: "Awful." The Caterpillar equipment dealer echoes the broad sentiment of business in vehemently ...
President Barack Obama greets former Education Secretary Margaret Spellings at The America's Promise Alliance Education event, hosted by Alliance Founding Chairman Colin Powell and his wife and Alliance Chair Alma Powell, Monday, march 1, 2010, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in ...
<div id="subtitle">Special interests, opponents of health care plans avoid the real issue in the debate</div><div><p> As proposals to overhaul the nationÕs health care system emerge in Congress, a variety of opponents have started raising the specter of terrible things to come if ...
<div id="subtitle">THE INFLUENCE GAME: Chamber of Commerce emerges as leading foe of Obama health, banking plans</div><div><p>If President Barack Obama wants to take the measure of his opposition, he only has to glance across Lafayette Park from the White House. There, behind 10 ...
<div><h1> CAPITALISM, NO. FREE ENTERPRISE, YES </h1><p>To combat what it views as rapid government growth and attacks on business, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching a multiyear campaign to remind Americans of the virtues of a free market and free trade. ...
