GRITtv: The Loaded Chamber

"The chamber's increasingly aggressive role — including record spending in the midterm elections that supports Republicans more than 90 percent of the time — has made it a target of critics, including a few local chamber affiliates who fear it has become too partisan and hard-nosed in its fund-raising."

So reports a headline story in the New York Times today about the Chamber of Commerce's increasingly secretive and partisan fundraising and lobbying efforts. The Chamber, once an institution that supported small and family businesses, increasingly does the bidding of a few large corporations, and in the first part of our GRITtv Digs investigation, Harry Hanbury starts to open up the Chamber's secrets for you.

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[1musichombre]

We don't need no stinking government regulations, Tom Donahue can tell us all what to think, do and say if the price is right.

[rickbar123]

US Chamber of Commerce and K Street, selling out the American Worker for years.

Would somebody tell them that the American worker is the American consumer !!!

[882me]

The video at 5:11-5:30 of the nervous looking execs sitting at a congressional hearing is priceless. And so many are telling Government to get out of their lives??? Who do you want looking out for your interests? A Wall Street hedge fund manager?

And all the Republicans have voiced interest in deteething, repealing financial regulation and have no interest in the disclose act.

[AllWeNeedIsAHero]

They are still not as powerful as AIPAC