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March 06, 2012 2:22 pm ET filed under Blog

Senator Grassley's "Lawsuit Abuse" Bill: Bad Diagnosis, Worse Medicine

January 24, 2012 10:23 am ET filed under Blog

The 27 Republican Bills That Aren't About Jobs

January 20, 2012 3:36 pm ET filed under Blog

Chamber of Commerce is Latest GOP Ally To Undermine Party's Economic Argument

January 12, 2012 6:04 pm ET filed under Fact Check

Five Facts And One Big Lie: A Closer Look At The Oil Lobby's Keystone XL Jobs Claims

With the 2012 presidential election rapidly approaching, the oil lobby is pushing harder than ever to frame the Keystone XL Pipeline (KXL) as a "job creator." However, TransCanada (the Canadian company behind the pipeline), the American Petroleum Institute (API), and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have used massively inflated statistics. In fact, KXL would create few permanent jobs.

November 22, 2011 10:30 am ET filed under Blog

Rep. West: "Why Do We Have A Department Of Commerce When We Have A U.S. Chamber Of Commerce?"

October 14, 2011 10:21 am ET filed under Blog

Why Republicans Are Wrong About Wall Street And The Financial Crisis

September 09, 2011 9:35 am ET filed under Fact Check

Grace-Marie Turner Distorts Data About Health Care Law's Impact On Job Creation

Last week, Grace-Marie Turner, founder and president of the conservative Galen Institute, penned an op-ed in which she claimed that repealing the health care law would create jobs. She backs this claim up by twisting statistics from anti-health care reform groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Heritage Foundation and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) to fit her goal of proving that the law is discouraging hiring and increasing job losses. But the fact remains that despite the often repeated claim that "the health law is killing jobs," health care employment has grown over the past year and repealing the law would actually reduce employment.

September 01, 2011 11:12 am ET filed under Blog

Sen. Coburn Threatens To Block Bipartisan Transportation Funding Backed By Labor And Chamber Of Commerce

July 19, 2011 12:09 pm ET filed under Fact Check

Memo To Republicans: Default Is A De Facto Tax Increase On Job Creators

Congressional Republicans continue to insist that any deal to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the federal deficit must not include revenue increases. So steadfast and inflexible is their position that they'd rather see the economy plunge than raise taxes or eliminate subsidies. But behind the Republican Party's uncompromising position lays another reality: A higher interest rate caused by a default would increase the cost of borrowing and acquiring capital. For a small business looking to expand or hire additional workers, such an increase in interest rates has the same impact as a tax increase. But unlike the elimination of specific tax benefits proposed by the Obama administration, the de facto tax increase that would come as a result of default would have an impact directly on the small businesses that Republicans claim to be protecting. And unlike a targeted revenue increase, the higher cost imposed on businesses will not go towards reducing the deficit.

July 05, 2011 4:10 pm ET filed under Blog

Business Lobby Support For Trade Agreements Bolsters Allegations That GOP Is "Sabotaging" The Economy

June 28, 2011 1:05 pm ET filed under Blog

The Results Are In: Cutting Spending Has Hurt Economy

June 09, 2011 9:44 am ET filed under Blog

Rep. Lamar Smith's Fight to Make Bribery Easier For Big Business

March 30, 2011 5:35 pm ET filed under Blog

Chamber Of Commerce Flip-Flops Again On Repealing The Affordable Care Act

January 28, 2011 10:53 am ET filed under Fact Check

Chamber Of Commerce Denounces Report That Undermines Its Partisan Interests

Yesterday, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission released its final report on the causes of the financial crisis. The report concluded that recklessness and greed on the part of Wall Street, bad analysis by credit rating agencies, and a failure on the part of government regulators created an otherwise avoidable crisis. Almost immediately, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce attacked the report's conclusion. In a press release, the Chamber slammed the commission's report, writing, "The failure of this commission to do its job is more bad news for workers and businesses who depend on robust, well-regulated, world-leading capital markets to fund growth and job creation." Of course, the commission did exactly what it was tasked to do. The Chamber — which is paid to shill for Wall Street — just doesn't want to accept the facts. Not only do the Chamber's complaints about the Commission hold no water, but time and time again, the Chamber has been at the very center of problems that the commission concluded was responsible for the crisis.

January 11, 2011 4:25 pm ET filed under Blog