…one of the movants, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), put out a press release boasting of the $6.75 million it had spent on the previous three Supreme Court elections…” The…
Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Special Report on Reentry and Following the Money
…reformers. In 2012, the very same year that the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Florida Taxwatch launched183 Right on Crime in Florida, the Chamber184 was described185 as “a primary lobbying…
Peabody Coal Bankruptcy Reveals Climate Denial Network Funding
…Research Institute for Liberty Missouri Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Missouri Right to Life Montana Tax Foundation National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) National Conference of…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Local Influence in Two Maps
…by the Council of State Chambers (COSC), a little-known trade association deeply embedded in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce infrastructure that provides ostensibly-autonomous state chambers of commerce with U.S. Chamber…
Is the EPA Being Pressured on Atrazine? New Findings of Environmental Concerns about Syngenta’s Crop Chemical Removed from EPA Site
…an independent scientist were the topic of a major New Yorker article in 2014. Since CMD exposed Syngenta’s PR scheme, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been paying for Google…
ALEC’s 2016 Agenda Moving in the States: A Snapshot
…ALEC after the public learned more about this shadowy group, particularly its role pushing national model bills like the “Stand Your Ground” law cited for exonerating Trayvon Martin’s killer, along…
U.S. Chamber Works Behind the Scenes to Gut Whistleblower Protections
Efforts to gut the federal False Claims Act backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce got a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday. The federal push builds on previous back-door Chamber…
Secret Money Advocates Prepare to Unload on Milwaukee DA John Chisholm
…is the $10 million spent to elect the conservative majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by the very same groups—Wisconsin Club for Growth and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce—that were under…
Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth, Shell out to Rescue Ron Johnson
…race, WAR appeared to be spending the money usually spent by Wisconsin Manufactures and Commerce and Wisconsin Club for Growth in Supreme Court races. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has…
Unmasking the Chamber of Commerce Networks
…Chamber’s luxurious conferences, the lobbyists and staff of state and local chambers are wined, dined, and indoctrinated with special-interest talking points. The U.S. Chamber’s “Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100”…