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US Chamber of Commerce

Type: Organization

Name: US Chamber of Commerce (U.S. Chamber of Commerce)

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for U.S. Chamber of Commerce

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 30 mins ago - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

May 21 News: GOP Plans Keystone Approval Vote Tomorrow, House Dems Clarify True Impact

Our thoughts this morning are with those affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Tomorrow, the House of Representatives should pass a bill aiming to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, but some House Democrats are trying to offer amendments ... [Published Think Progress - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Rush Holt, Global Warming/Climate Change, Oklahoma (United States)

First reported 54 mins ago - Updated 54 mins ago - 1 reports

As Corporate Accountability Barriers Grow, Chamber Of Commerce Still Claims ‘Lawsuit Abuse’

Under both the influence of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and corporate spending in state courts around the country, procedural wins have imposed new onerous hurdles on individuals aiming to hold businesses accountable for their ... [Published Think Progress - 54 mins ago]

Entities: Lawsuit, courts, Liability, Abuse

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

European Union

What’s really behind proposed trade deal with Europe?

Not content with his malfunctioning ObamaCare, has opened yet another Pandora’s Box as he advocates for a U.S. and European Union Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Supposedly this joint venture would help both stagnant economies, ... [Published Shore News Today - 1 hour ago]

Entities: European Union, Barack Obama, Gross Domestic Product, United States, Obamacare

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Taking Care of Business: Virginia No. 3 in Best Places to Start Up

Virginia has been ranked the third-best state for starting a business, according to a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.The Commonwealth came in behind only Maryland and Colorado among all states in supporting innovation and entreprenuership, ... [Published Oakton Patch - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Small Businesses, Tysons Corner (United States), Median Family Income, Economic Upturn

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

May 20 - U.S. Business Groups Welcome Myanmar?s President U Thein Sein to Washington

U.S. Chamber, US-ASEAN Business Council Urge Continued Progress to Normalize U.S.-Myanmar Economic RelationsWASHINGTON, D.C.-At a gala dinner this evening, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) welcomed Myanmar's President ... [Published Noodls - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Thein Sein, United States

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

US Chamber of Commerce

MAPI attends U.S. Chamber of Commerce Economic Roundtable

Senior economist reports calmer global economy, calls for regional policy innovation.Read What's RelatedIn terms of the global economy, the alarm bells have stopped ringing. According to Cliff Waldman, senior economist for the Manufacturers Alliance for ... [Published Modern Materials Handling - May 20 2013]

Entities: US Chamber of Commerce, Unemployment, Invention

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

National Association of Manufacturers

Business groups step up push for fast-track authority

Business groups are stepping up their efforts in pushing for a renewal of fast-track authority to$ The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Business Roundtable are among several trade-focused groups that teamed up on Monday to launch the Trade Benefits America ... [Published The Hill - May 20 2013]

Entities: Business Roundtable, John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, US Chamber of Commerce, Max Baucus

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

North Carolina's 10 largest school districts oppose vouchers to attend private schools

Interim Wake County Schools Superintendent Stephen Gainey is among 10 superintendents who are raising concerns about equation changes being considered by the Republican-led General Assembly.In a letter to the editor in today's Charlotte Observer , the ... [Published Raleigh News & Observer - May 20 2013]

Entities: Education, County Durham, US Chamber of Commerce

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

New House Immigration Reform Developments

According to Congressional Quarterly (in a paywalled article ), members of the House immigration reform group have agreed in principle on a 15-year path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants and, for now at least, to table the issue of creating a ... [Published National Review - May 20 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Immigration Reform, John Carter, John Cornyn, US Chamber of Commerce

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Groups push Congress, White House to approve energy-efficiency bill

An array of groups joined forces Monday to urge congressional leaders and President Obama to approve an energy-efficiency bill that’s currently waiting for floor time in the Senate.The Business Roundtable, National Association of Manufacturers, Alliance ... [Published The Hill - May 20 2013]

Entities: White House, National Association of Manufacturers, Jeanne Shaheen, Business Roundtable

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Billionaires Now Own American Politics

This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be break-in artists set into motion the fabled Watergate scandal, leading to the first ... [Published MoJo Articles | Mother Jones - May 20 2013]

Entities: Sheldon Adelson, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

in gratitude for killing Muslims back home

"It's just one element of the surprisingly rapid expansion of economic, political and even military ties between the United States and Burma in recent months after more than two decades of estrangement. The thaw will be on display again when Burma's ... [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - May 19 2013]

Entities: Gratitude, Myanmar/Burma, US Chamber of Commerce

Quotes

...featured Fox, a SAFE activist, and Illinois native and prominent anti-fracking author and scientist, Sandra Steingraber - author of the book "Raising Elijah: "How are we going to receive our eduction [about fracking]?," Fox asked rhetorically at the press conference. "From an industry that would come into Illinois and do a third-world exploitation model in America, with the President in his home state absent, with the major big green groups cutting backroom deals? Fox and Steingraber will be leading a contingent of "fracktivists" to Springfield today on buses to protest against the regulatory bill."

Steve Horn: Gasland 2 Grassroots Premiere in Illinois Highlights Industry PSYOPS and Ongoing Frac ... [Published Huffington Post - 1 hour ago]

On Tuesday, AFL-CIO spokesman Jeff Hauser said the organization "is not part of any deal to accept the H-1B compromise amendments, and we remain opposed to the Hatch amendments."

Tech firms would skirt hiring restrictions under deal [Published Burlington Press - 1 hour ago]

...derailed, including this provision," says Sasha Lezhnev at the Enough Project, a human rights group focused on violence in Sudan and the Congo. "If you look at the Congressional committee holding the hearing, they have a track record of going after every Dodd-Frank provision."

How Congress Is Using the Congo to Weaken Dodd-Frank [Published US News & World Report - 1 hour ago]

...– they remain adamantly opposed," said Christian Deschauer, the FCCC's vice president of government relations, in a meeting earlier this month . "That’s just the initial feedback.”"

Taking Care of Business: Virginia No. 3 in Best Places to Start Up [Published Oakton Patch - 1 hour ago]

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Blogs

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As Corporate Accountability Barriers Grow, Cham... [Published Think Progress - 54 mins ago] Under both the influence of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and corporate spending in state courts around the country, procedural wins have imposed new onerous hurdles on individuals aiming to hold businesses accountable for their ...
May 21 News: GOP Plans Keystone Approval Vote T... [Published Think Progress - 9 hours ago] Our thoughts this morning are with those affected by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Tomorrow, the House of Representatives should pass a bill aiming to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, but some House Democrats are trying to offer amendments ...
in gratitude for killing Muslims back home [Published The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ... - May 19 2013] "It's just one element of the surprisingly rapid expansion of economic, political and even military ties between the United States and Burma in recent months after more than two decades of estrangement. The thaw will be on display again when Burma's ...
Senate, House Battle Over Immigration Bills [Published Breitbart Feed - May 18 2013] It’s going to be a battle to get immigration reform passed by Congress. The Senate has crafted an 867-page bill that Senators say will most likely need 70 votes in support to put pressure on the House to accept it, while the House has written its ...
Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wiscon... [Published Think Progress - May 17 2013] 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 ...

Audio/Video

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U.S. trade deal stimulus [Published CNN.com - Video - Mar 04 2013]
Politics of money in Washington [Published CNN.com - Video - Jan 25 2013]
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