The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its legal reform affiliate reported spending $16.6 million during the first three months of 2013, down from the $26.2 million it spent during the same period a year earlier, according to Senate disclosures. The...
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A newly installed U.S. Chamber of Commerce sign arguing that money market funds are "strong," and ask, "why risk changing them now?" at the Union Station Metro stop in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Chamber Spent $16.6 Million Lobbying in First Three Months
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Workers erect an exterior wall panel in an apartment building under construction in Peoria, Illinois, on March 28, 2013.
Low-Skilled Visas: Cap Key to Deal
Two years ago, the U.S. certified about 75,000 low-skilled laborers for guest-worker visas. Under the first year of a new plan that business and labor leaders have tentatively approved as part of a Senate proposal to revise the nation’s immigration...
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New American citizens take photos following a naturalization ceremony at the district office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on January 28, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey.
Immigration: Gang of 535
As word of a deal between business and labor leaders emerged this weekend, clearing what appeared to be the last impediment in talks among a bipartisan group of eight senators crafting a plan to overhaul immigration, one of the leaders...
Read more »Qualcomm, Settling Lawsuit, Discloses More Than $3 Million in Political Spending
Qualcomm Inc. today disclosed donations to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other tax-exempt groups that, together with contributions to political entities, totaled almost $3.2 million in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. The San Diego-based maker of communications microchips...
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2012 Elections Cost Will Hit $7 Billion, FEC Chair Weintraub Says
The 2012 elections will be more expensive than originally thought, according to new Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub. Her estimate: $7 billion. That’s higher than the $6 billion estimate from the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group...
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The Google Inc. logo in Washington.
Price of Persuasion Down Year to Year
The price of persuasion went down in 2012, the second consecutive year of declining spending on lobbying, according to figures released today by the Center for Responsive Politics. Total spending to try to influence Congress, the White House and federal...
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Senate Republicans may use the appointment of Jack Lew as Treasury secretary to discuss the budget.
Washington Daybook: Obama to Unveil Lew Pick
Senate Republicans indicated that the appointment of Jack Lew as Treasury secretary presents an opportunity for a debate over the budget and raising the federal debt limit. President Barack Obama will announce the White House chief of staff as his...
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Demonstrators, including many senior citizens, are led away by police during a protest against cuts to federal safety net programs, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Chamber: Entitlement Cuts Essential in Any Fiscal Cliff Deal with Taxes
Written by Brian Wingfield The U.S. Chamber of Commerce won’t support a long-term deal to rein in spending and increase revenue unless it contains provisions to curb spending on entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security, the head of...
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.
Chamber’s Election Stance = Bystander in Fiscal Cliff Talks?
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce shouts “JOBS” with two-story-tall block letters strung on its building facing the White House. That might be the closest the business trade association gets to President Barack Obama’s talks on skirting the fiscal cliff, a $607...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, on election night Nov. 6, 2012. Photograph by Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg
Senate Battle Lines, Reid: We Won
The Senate’s Democrats did well Election Day, and they’d like Republicans, and groups that support Republican candidates, to take notice. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid laments that his Republican counterparts have been “following the lead of the Chamber of Commerce,...
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