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Greenpeace Stages Dramatic Protest at U.S. Chamber of Commerce
By David Sessions - Politics DailyGreenpeace sent four green-and-white squad cars labeled "Climate Crime Unit" to the Washington headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning, disrupting a field trip for local schoolchildren and provoking a response by D.C. police. Several demonstrators were arrested, but not before they had scaled the Chamber building on H Street, draping it in yellow "crime scene" tape and barking through bullhorns as if participating in a hostage negotiation. "We're asking the Chamber of Commerce to release our climate policy," said Molly Dorozenski, a Greenpeace official. "This is the ...
Prank Group Stages Fake Chamber of Commerce Event
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce has had a rough few weeks, taking public heat from the White House, organized labor and even its own members. Now, the venerable business group is making unwanted headlines again after what are thought to be members of the activist prankster group The Yes Men posed as Chamber officials and staged a fake policy event at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The shenanigans began this morning when an email blast that looked remarkably like a regular Chamber email briefing went out to members of the press announcing that the group had caved to pressure and ...
White House Strikes Back at Chamber of Commerce
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA war of words and influence is breaking out between the White House and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the business lobby's opposition to most of President Obama's first-year agenda, Politico reported Monday. After the chamber launched a not-so-subtle effort last week to counter Obama's economic ideology, White House officials said they have been working directly with the group's corporate members to short-circuit its lobbying clout. "It's happening with the deliberate hope and attention to weaken the influence of this institute and the business community in town," said Bruce Josten, the ...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Relaunches Capitalism (Take That, Obama!)
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a highly political nationwide PR campaign intended to relaunch capitalism itself. The Chamber will spend tens of millions of dollars and buy advertising nationwide to persuade the American public that its agenda -- low taxes, open markets, and loose regulation -- are crucial elements of a job recovery. The new television spots, previewed for staff and press at the launch event Wednesday, celebrate small American entrepreneurs and argue that government intervention will not spur permanent job growth. The Chamber says the intensified lobbying effort ...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Launch 'Free Enterprise' Campaign
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAt a major event Wednesday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will launch a multi-year, multimillion-dollar grass-roots campaign to promote free enterprise as a solution to the country's rising unemployment rate. The effort, called the Campaign for Free Enterprise, aims to create 20 million jobs in the next 10 years. The chamber, which lobbies for business interests, has said that it hopes to remind Americans of free-market values in the face of growing government "interference" in the economy. "There are growing concerns about interference with the private marketplace and the private economy, and ...
Health Care Opposition Ads Put on Hold for Ted Kennedy's Funeral
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyWhile watching coverage of the memorials to Ted Kennedy this weekend, viewers should also note what they're not seeing. Fox News reports that on Thursday the U.S. Chamber of Commerce pulled its $7.5 million ad campaign against health care reform in deference to Kennedy -- but the group plans to bring it back on Monday. ...
Chamber of Commerce: Put Global Warming Claims on Trial
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce is taking on a new role: scientific skeptic. The L.A. Times reports that the organization is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to put climate change evidence up for a public hearing -- and says it will take the EPA to court if it refuses. The EPA, however, seems unimpressed by the demand, responding that such hearings would be "a waste of time." "It would be evolution versus creationism. It would be the science of climate change on trial," William Kovacs, a senior vice president at the Chamber of Commerce, told the Times. Kovacs was presumably ...
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