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United States Chamber of Commerce
| United States Chamber of Commerce | |
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| Founder | Charles Nagel |
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| Type | advocacy group |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Headquarters | Washington D.C. |
| Key people | Tom J. Donohue President |
| Area served | 
United States |
| Focus | Business advocacy |
| Method | Media attention, direct-appeal campaigns Political lobbying |
| Slogan | Fighting for your business |
| Website | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Official Website |
The United States Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing
- 3,000,000 businesses (via its Federation of local chambers and association members. Actual direct membership is several tens of thousands.)
- 2,800 state and local chambers
- 830 business associations
The Chamber is staffed with policy specialists, lobbyists and lawyers. It is known for spending more money than any other lobbying organization on a yearly basis.[1]
Mission statement
"To advance human progress through an economic, political and social system based on individual freedom, incentive, initiative, opportunity, and responsibility."
Board of directors
- Tom J. Donohue, President and CEO
- Paul S. Speranza, Chairman of the Board of Directors[2] and vice chairman, general counsel, and secretary of Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
- Donald J. Shepard, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors [3] and CEO of AEGON
- Gerald L. Shaheen, Immediate Past Chair and Chair of the Executive Committee [4] and group President of Caterpillar Inc.
- Maura W. Donahue, Past Chair [5]
- John W. Bachmann, Past Chairman [6] and Senior Partner at Edward Jones Edward Jones Investments
On the issues
The Chamber is:
- Supportive of George W. Bush's immigration reform plan
- Supports the Ledbetter v. Goodyear decision
- Pro-Energy Source Diversity
- Pro-Social Security Reform
- Pro-ANWR Drilling
- Pro-Offshore Oil Drilling
- Pro-Nuclear Power
- Pro-Health Savings Accounts
- Pro-globalization/free trade
- Supports restrictions on naked short selling
- Against taxation increase on businesses
- Against raising the Minimum Wage
- Anti-Net Neutrality
- Against many
union -supported polices - Anti-Environmental regulation
- Neutral on social questions such as abortion and gay marriage
- The Chamber campaigned against the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
- The Chamber has recently begun a campaign against the proposed Employee Free
Choice Act[7]. They suggest the
act will reduce worker's rights, however, the act is widely supported by
organized labor [8].
Affiliate Organizations
- Institute for 21st Century Energy [9]
- Americans for Transportation Mobility [10]
- Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) [11]
- Institute for Legal Reform (ILR)[12]
- Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)[13]
- Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW)[14]
- Essential Worker Immigration Coalition[15]
See also
- American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (AmCham Belgium)
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU)
- U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce
External links
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