NGOs Launch Campaign to Stop the Chamber of Commerce

Today, a coalition of NGOs, representing over a million members, launched a campaign at www.StopTheChamber.com to stop the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from undermining health care, environmental protection, elections and big business regulation.The coalition is asking the Department of Justice to conduct a criminal investigation into illegal conduct by the Chamber and is demanding that Chamber CEO Tom Donahue be fired. The Chamber is spending over $100 million to defeat new initiatives to reform the banking and health care industries and oppose legislation to curb global warming. On Friday, President Obama slammed the Chamber, and five major companies, Nike, Apple, Exelon Energy, PG&E and Public Service Co. of NM recently quit the Chamber because of its position on the environment. “The StopTheChamber coalition fundamentally disagrees with the Chamber on virtually every major public-policy issue, including financial deregulation, tax and fiscal policy, global warming and environmental enforcement, consumer protection, health care reform and climate change, all which elevate the interests of corporations over the well being of citizens they serve,” said coalition spokesperson and attorney Kevin Zeese. Image: velvetrevolution.us. More…

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