U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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Ensign finds an ace in Senate election hole: Fear of unions

Las Vegas Sun 10 days ago

<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 ...

Bankruptcy opponents' lobbying expenses

AP News 11 days ago

<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 ...

Business groups urge Obama to push stimulus

AP Features 12 days ago

<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 ...

House backs $8 billion for highway trust fund

AP News 12 days ago

<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 ...

LABOR RELATIONS KEEP THE SECRET BALLOT ALIVE

BusinessWeek 12 days ago

<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 ...

Obama Education

AP News 12 days ago

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 ...

Unhealthy rhetoric

Las Vegas Sun 15 days ago

<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 ...

Chamber of Commerce opposed to Obama's plans

AP News 16 days ago

<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 ...

CAPITALISM, NO. FREE ENTERPRISE, YES

BusinessWeek 16 days ago

<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. ...

Energy Bill's Proponents Prepare Counterattack

BusinessWeek 17 days ago

<div><p> Even as the health-care fight dominates the headlines, another Washington battle is heating up over climate and energy. In late June, the House of Representatives passed a landmark bill putting caps on the emissions that cause global warming, and the Senate ...

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