United States Chamber of Commerce
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The United States Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing
- 3,000,000 businesses
- 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.
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[edit] Mission statement
"To advance human progress through an economic, political and social system based on individual freedom, incentive, initiative, opportunity, and responsibility."
[edit] Board of directors
- Tom J. Donohue, President and CEO
- Maura W. Donahue, Chair of the Board of Directors
- Gerald Shaheen, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
- John W. Bachmann, Immediate Past Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee
[edit] On the issues
The Chamber is:
- Supportive of George W. Bush's immigration reform plan
- Pro-Energy Source Diversity
- Pro-Social Security Reform
- Pro-ANWR Drilling
- Pro-Offshore Oil Drilling
- Pro-Nuclear Power
- Pro-Health Savings Accounts
- Pro-international free trade
- Against taxation increase on businesses
- Anti-Minimum Wage
- Anti-Net Neutrality
- Neutral on social questions such as abortion and gay marriage
