The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is building a large-scale grass-roots political operation that has begun to rival those of the major political parties, funded by record-setting amounts of money raised from corporations and wealthy individuals. Full Story »
Posted by Fred Gatlin - via NewsRack (Politics), NewsRack (Business), NewsRack (U.S.)
this would have been better with more sources. nevertheless it is important to allow the public information about how the political landscape is changing, and this story illustrates that. the chamber's use of millions of non-chamber individuals and their ability to take unreported-donor very large donations of money to back 'issues' along with the right-turn of the organization is important in understanding how our current political system is working
Having spent my adult life in small city politics I know that Chambers can be a good thing or not. But they are a powerful lobby in themselves because every major city government belongs to them.
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