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| Chamber of Commerce Pressures Reps it Endorsed in 2020 |
| 2021-09-23 |
| [Townhall] After endorsing Reps. Cindy Axne of Iowa, Angie Craig of Minnesota, Antonio Delgado of New York, Josh Harder of California and Elaine Luria of Virginia in the 2020 election‐sparking backlash from Republicans at the time‐the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an ad campaign on Wednesday pressuring these same centrist Democrats to vote against the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. "This reconciliation bill is effectively 100 bills in one representing every big government idea that's never been able to pass in Congress," U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Suzanne Clark said in a statement. "The bill is an existential threat to America's fragile economic recovery and future prosperity." "We will not find durable or practical solutions in one massive bill that is equivalent to more than twice the combined budgets of all 50 states," Clark added. "The success of the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations provides a much better model for how Congress should proceed in addressing America's problems." The ad spots highlight how the bill's tax increases "would be a body blow to our economy. Tell Representatives Axne, Craig, Delgado, Harder, Luria ‐ don't knock us out with these massive tax increases," the narrator says. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #3 2020 lobbying expenditure was about $30M and Business Roundtable was about another $10M for context, the NRA did about $2M that same year. The CoCommerce does have a magnificent building at 1615 H street in DC. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-09-23 21:07 |
| #2 Agreed, Mullah Richard. I joined my local CoC about ten years ago, and then I started reading here & there about how the national branch was supporting this & that policy that went against businesses here in the US. I never renewed and I remember blasting somebody who called me up asking me to rejoin. |
| Posted by: Raj 2021-09-23 16:45 |
| #1 The US Chamber of Commerce quit actually supporting small businesses some time ago. Local chapters are somewhat, but not always, better. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-09-23 14:11 |