Evan Bayh

Evan Bayh Joining Chamber Of Commerce Anti-Regulation 'Road Show'

Eric Lach | June 7, 2011, 11:54AM

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has hired former Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) to participate in a regulatory reform "road show" of speeches, events and media appearances, according to a memo obtained by iWatch News.

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Topics: Chamber of Commerce, Evan Bayh, Tom Donohue

Chamber of Commerce

ThinkProgress: Chamber Gets At Least $885K From Foreign Corporations

Rachel Slajda | October 14, 2010, 9:43AM

ThinkProgress came out with another story on Wednesday about the Chamber of Commerce's foreign funding, indicating that the Chamber has raised at least $885,000 from corporations based overseas.

ThinkProgress, which is the blog arm of the Center for American Progress, compiled a list of corporations that are listed as members of the Chamber's "business councils." The business councils, based in Bahrain, India and elsewhere, are international arms of the Chamber but housed in the Chamber's D.C. headquarters and run by Chamber staff.

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Topics: Campaign Finance, Chamber of Commerce, Tom Donohue

Chamber of Commerce

Chamber Gearing Up To Spend Like Never Before On Midterms

Zachary Roth | March 17, 2010, 5:40PM

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- already a major force in fighting the Obama administration's big-ticket domestic agenda items -- is set to play an out-sized role in this fall's midterms.

The business lobby plans to spend at least $50 million in a bid to sway around 10 Senate up to 40 House races on behalf of "pro-business" candidates, primarily Republicans, reports the Washington Post. To do so, it has built a grassroots machine, Friends of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with a member list of 6 million names. The effort is based in part on the much-praised field operation for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Chamber of Commerce, Citizens United, Tom Donohue

Chamber of Commerce

Big Winner From Supreme Court Ruling: Chamber Of Commerce

Zachary Roth | January 21, 2010, 2:06PM

One of the biggest winners from this morning's Supreme Court decision on campaign finance: the Chamber of Commerce. And that's not just because the court's ruling gives the corporations that make up the business lobby's membership an even greater voice in the political process than they've enjoyed until now.

As we explained last week, over the last decade, under CEO Tom Donohue, the Chamber has perfected a strategy of using the Chamber as a "pass-through" for corporations looking to run issue campaigns, but wary about having their names tied to the effort. In 2001, the Wall Street Journal described this as Donohue's "striking innovation." And a recent report made clear that the Chamber had played just this role on behalf of health insurers in a bid to stop health-care reform.

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Topics: Campaign Finance, Chamber of Commerce, Health Care, Lobbyists, Supreme Court, Tom Donohue

Chamber of Commerce

Chamber CEO's 'Striking Innovation': Helping Corporate Backers Fund Attack Ads On The Down-Low

Zachary Roth | January 14, 2010, 3:43PM

This week, National Journal reported that the health insurance lobby funneled tens of millions of dollars to the Chamber of Commerce to fund an ad campaign attacking heath-care reform. The Chamber essentially acted as a pass-through, allowing the health insurers to avoid having their names tied to the campaign.

The story understandably generated outrage -- with health-care reform advocates now demanding hearings. But it looks like the pass-through tactic is nothing new. In fact, it's a technique the Chamber has been pioneering for almost a decade.

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Topics: AHIP, Chamber of Commerce, EFCA, Health Care, Tom Donohue, Wall Street

Chamber of Commerce

Chamber CEO: Climate Change Flap Is Working Out Great For Us

Zachary Roth | October 26, 2009, 4:40PM

Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue is trying to spin the flap over his lobby group's stance on global warming in his favor -- but he won't even admit that climate change is real.

"Is the science right? Is science not right? I don't know," Donohue said during a seventy-five minute sit-down with business-friendly Politico.

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Topics: Apple, Chamber of Commerce, Exelon, Global Warming, PG&E, Tom Donohue

Apple

Chamber To Apple: It's Not Me, It's You

Zachary Roth | October 8, 2009, 9:56AM

The Chamber of Commerce has fired back, bitchily, to Apple's recent decision to leave the organization over its opposition to serious efforts to fight climate change.

On Tuesday, Chamber CEO Tom Donohue sent a letter to his counterpart at Apple, Steve Jobs, saying:

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Topics: Apple, Chamber of Commerce, Global Warming, Steve Jobs, Tom Donohue