Chamber emerges as formidable political force

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FYI, this is a BS article. The Democrats receive much money from the US

Chamber just as the Republicans do. They are constantly in the White House

lobbying, too.

Chamber emerges as formidable political force

Business lobby has pledged to spend $75 million in this year's elections

WASHINGTON — At times subtle, at times loud, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

is spending record amounts on lobbying and in election battlegrounds,

elbowing into the nation's politics in unprecedented ways for the business

community.

The country's largest business lobby has pledged to spend $75 million in

this year's elections. That's on top of a lobbying effort that already has

cost the organization nearly $190 million since Barack Obama became

president in January 2009.

This expanded entry into politics comes as legal restraints on the

political activities of corporations and unions are eased. As a result, the

chamber is not operating in a void.

A group of independent organizations is acting as a sort of GOP auxiliary,

raising big bucks to help GOP. Their efforts led Obama, in his radio and

Internet address Saturday, to decry the " flood of attack ads run by shadowy

groups with harmless-sounding names. "

Sharon Noonan Kramer