Chamber of Commerce CEO: Gov't and BP Should Pay for Oil Cleanup

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue addresses liability legislation proposed in the wake of the BP oil spill. "I'm not excited about what [Congress is] doing," says Donohue, "but we're not lobbying about it yet."

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Tom Donohue, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, sits down for a conversation with attendees of The Monitor Breakfast. Among other topics, Mr. Donohue discusses the Chamber's role in the 2010 elections, the impact of various Congressional actions on businesses and job creation, the role of unions in blocking trade deals, and the Schumer/Van Hollen campaign finance legislation. - The Monitor Breakfast

Thomas J. Donohue is the President and CEO of the United States Chamber of Commerce located in Washington, DC. The United States Chamber of Commerce is a generally conservative group that supports pro-business causes, and it is the largest and oldest trade association in the United States. As its president, Donohue has increased the Chamber's profile in Washington.

Before joining the Chamber in 1997, Donohue was the President and CEO of American Trucking Associations for 13 years.

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[salchih]

Governments do not pay for anything... The citizens always pay! Life might be better if people simply learned from history!

[eirefrance]

Of course, the Chamber of Commerce says its Obama's fault and the govt has to pay for it. If anti-American bullshit didn't come drooling out of Donohue's vampiric mouth like toxic sludge, I wouldn't believe it was really him.

[abcd1to]

look at the head corporate whore

[fusermia327]

@eirefrance This is another Treason against the American people.There going to hide all of there doners and out of country money.They love out sourcing for slave wages and cheap Labor so they can get away with killing the rest of the planet.

[fusermia327]

Traitors and treason.....

[fusermia327]

Wake up Americans,here is why we have no jobs.There is Treason against the people here too.They rather have the cheap labor of slave wages to make the rich richer and not have to worry and get around labor laws.Traitors! Take it to the streets ,they love it with people on the internet,it keeps the streets clear.

[2cOthers]

Typical big business attitude -- Government should bear the costs, but corporations should keep the profits

[Freethought42]

Who are these apologists that think we have time to wait for BP to protect our shores?

This is a real threat to the lives of Americans, much moreso than terrorism, the 3 trillion dollar money pit we've engaged in over the past decade, and nobody cares.

[tlfettled]

Make BP pay for their on mistakes .

[Jpkrao]

Another hypocrite idiot! Isn't this socialism? Where are the teabaggers???????

[1980wsjs]

BP is responsible for this night mare. BP should pay for every penny of clean up. They and the government agency(s) who were supposed to prevent this kind of catastrophe should stand trial. A no man's zone will now exist for decades. Does this country presently have a government?