US Chamber Continues Their Assault On The Working Class

The Underhanded Way Corporations Steal From You

Papantonio: Corporate Lobbyist Fight to Conceal Campaign Donations

Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wisconsin Seventh-To-Last In Nation

Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wisconsin Seventh-To-Last In Nation: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is pushing a report from his administration’s Department of Workforce Development that puts the state’s net private-sector job gains at 32,000 for 2012. Federally tallied figures for all states won’t be available until June, as CBS affiliate WSAW explains, which renders comparisons impossible: Walker’s Department of Workforce Development released the [...]/p

Chamber Of Commerce Calls For Corporate Tax Reform That Would Make It Easier To Offshore Profits

Chamber Of Commerce Calls For Corporate Tax Reform That Would Make It Easier To Offshore Profits: The United States Chamber of Commerce released an outline of its proposals for corporate tax reform, and chief among its wishes is a so-called “territorial” tax system that would exempt most foreign profits earned by American multinational corporations from taxation in the U.S. The territorial system has been the subject of recent lobbying efforts from [...]/p

Kochs, Chamber of Commerce Bankroll Judges’ Seminars On Corporate Crime And Capitalism

Kochs, Chamber of Commerce Bankroll Judges’ Seminars On Corporate Crime And Capitalism: The Louisiana federal judge overseeing the civil trial over BP’s alleged gross negligence in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident attended a seminar in 2009 called “Criminalization of Corporate Conduct” sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 13 other funders. In 2011, that same judge dismissed a wrongful-death claim in a suit [...]/p

Chinese Cyber Attacks on US Targets Said to Mirror US Chamber of Commerce Cyber Plot Targeting Progressives Such as The BRAD BLOG

Chinese Cyber Attacks on US Targets Said to Mirror US Chamber of Commerce Cyber Plot Targeting Progressives Such as The BRAD BLOG
"So what do the Chinese Government and the Rightwing mega-lobbying group calling itself the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have in common? Apparently, they are both interested in hacking into the computer networks of their perceived political opponents and appear to be using very similar techniques and tools to do so, as The Nation's Lee Fang reported on Monday."

Lobbyists Targeting Liberal Groups Channeled Chinese Hackers' Strategy | The Nation

Lobbyists Targeting Liberal Groups Channeled Chinese Hackers' Strategy | The Nation
"The revelation, made by The New York Times and a firm called Mandiant last month, that the Chinese military is engaging in a sophisticated campaign of Internet spying and cyber attacks targeting American corporations and government websites provoked widespread alarm. What hasn’t been noted is that the Chinese plot bears much in common with a conspiracy to spy on and sabotage liberal advocacy groups and unions—a plot developed on behalf of none other than the US Chamber of Commerce back in 2011."

Corporate Lobby Tells Businesses To Shift Cases To GOP-Friendly Court

Corporate Lobby Tells Businesses To Shift Cases To GOP-Friendly Court: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is capitalizing on the radical federal appeals court decision that held unconstitutional several of President Obama’s recess appointments to help businesses skirt workers’ rights in as many cases as possible. In a memo to its members, the nation’s top corporate lobbying shop urged businesses seeking to challenge rulings against them by the National Labor [...]/p

US Chamber CEO Donohue: Fracking Is Our Future, Safety Nets Be Damned

US Chamber CEO Donohue: Fracking Is Our Future, Safety Nets Be Damned
"If you want to understand the source of the world's problems, follow the Davos coverage by CNN andBloomberg News for a few days. Not only will they tell you what the source is, they'll prove that your instincts are right about billionaires and those who present them as the arbiters of all things fair and right.

Davos is the annual billionaires' conclave where they network, get their message straight, gladhand hungry politicians, and try to determine our fate. Ladies and gentlemen, our problem isn't what the billionaires think it is. Our problem is the billionaires."

Corporate Lobby Threatens A Blizzard Of Litigation Attacking Wall Street Reform And Environmental Protection

Corporate Lobby Threatens A Blizzard Of Litigation Attacking Wall Street Reform And Environmental Protection: Yesterday, U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue delivered his “State of American Business” address, in which he laid out the wealthy corporate lobbying group’s agenda for the coming year. After using several questionable statistics to attack regulations intended to protect the environment or prevent Wall Street from triggering another economic crisis, Donohue’s speech includes [...]/p

US Chamber of Commerce Becomes #1 'Shadow Money' Spender | Common Dreams

US Chamber of Commerce Becomes #1 'Shadow Money' Spender | Common Dreams
""Shadow Money" organizations, who channel millions of dollars from undisclosed corporate donors into partisan campaign drives, refuse to relent as the 2012 election season nears the end -- least of all, the US Chamber of Commerce who pulled ahead this month as the number one non-disclosed outside money spender in 28 Senate and House of Representatives races across the country, according to Public Citizen."

The US Chamber of Commerce's Multimillion-Dollar Attack Plan | Common Dreams

The US Chamber of Commerce's Multimillion-Dollar Attack Plan | Common Dreams
"The 2012 elections in many ways represent a crossing-the-Rubicon moment. Can the democratic system survive being swamped by hundreds of millions of dollars of Super PAC money? Can it endure the rise of superfunders like Sheldon Adelson (Newt Gingrich’s backer in the primaries, who has since thrown his financial muscle behind Romney’s campaign), Foster Friess (Rick Santorum’s sugar daddy), Texas billionaire Harold Simmons and the powerful Koch brothers, as well as the overwhelming clout of organizations like the Chamber of Commerce? Will citizens rally around investigations such as the one launched by Schneiderman, and will they demand limits to independent expenditures during elections as well as the disclosure of those who seek to buy the country’s elections and legislative process? Or will ever more politicians who oppose the Chamber’s values simply suffer the fate that befell Alan Grayson in 2010?"

The US Chamber of Commerce's Multimillion-Dollar Attack Plan | The Nation

The US Chamber of Commerce's Multimillion-Dollar Attack Plan | The Nation
"If you live in a state where a competitive race could help tip the balance in the Senate this fall, you’ve almost certainly seen ads like these, laden with menacing theme music, light on the facts and funded by the US Chamber of Commerce. The nation’s largest business lobby is showcasing bold ambitions this year in an effort to build on gains made in the 2010 midterms, when at least $33 million of Chamber advertising helped push the nation dramatically rightward. The group began placing ads in swing districts as early as November 2011. Since then, it has rolled out a campaign aimed at influencing at least fifty House and eight Senate races, and according toPolitico it has set a goal of $100 million in spending for this electoral cycle."