Washington Post: For U.S. Chamber of Commerce, election was a money-loser
-By Jia Lynn Yang and Tom Hamburger November 7, 2012- The day after an election in which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent millions of dollars backing losing Republican candidates,…
Reader Supported News: A Hostile Takeover of Our Country
-By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. October 29, 2012- American democracy is under assault. In one super-PAC alone, Karl Rove and the Enron grifter Ed Gillespie, have assembled $200 million from…
Huffington Post: Super PAC Barrage Coming To House Races Across The Country
October 2, 2012- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce reported an investment of $4 million to help 10 Republican congressional candidates in California and Illinois. The advertisements all begin…
Huffington Post: Supreme Court: U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Undefeated This Term
-By Mike Sacks June 21, 2012- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is undefeated at the Supreme Court this term, continuing to improve its success in securing business-friendly judgments since Chief…
Republic Report: Corporate Lobbying Group Asks SCOTUS Not To Use “Empirical Evidence” Of Corruption When Reconsidering Cit.Utd.
-By Lee Fang May 22, 2012- Late last year, the Montana high court, citing the state’s long history of corporate money corrupting politics, defied the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United…
Huffington Post: Koch Brothers, Chamber of Commerce Face Possible Campaign Donation Disclosure After Ruling
-By Paul Blumenthal March 30, 2012- WASHINGTON -- On Friday evening, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling that could begin the process of revealing…
Huffington Post: Disclose Act’s Latest Incarnation Would Force Vote On Secret Political Slush Funds
-By Dan Froomkin March 21, 2012- WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are setting up a showdown with Republicans on the issue of unlimited secret campaign donations, proposing new rules that would…
AlterNet: The Real History of ‘Corporate Personhood’: Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You
The real history of today's excessive corporate power starts with a tobacco lawyer appointed to the Supreme Court. -By Jeffrey Clements December 6, 2011- The following is an excerpt of…
Protect Our Elections Asks FBI To Expand Its Investigation Of NewsCorp To Include Its Relationship With US Chamber Of Commerce
On August 14, 2011, Protect Our Elections attorney Kevin Zeese wrote a letter to the FBI asking that it expand its investigation of NewsCorp to include (1) its million dollar…
Think Progress: USW President: U.S. Chamber Has Become ‘A Consulting Firm To Teach Companies’ About Outsourcing
October 30, 2010- As ThinkProgress has previously reported, over a million jobs have been lost due to outsourcing since 1994. One of the main organizations promoting outsourcing has been the…