Common Sense Prevails in Senate Vote
By Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Last month the Senate, in one of the most important votes of the year, rejected the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008, commonly known as Lieberman-Warner. Consumers, workers, and businesses can all breathe a collective sigh of relief.
U.S. Chamber President and CEO Tom Donohue (center) and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney (left) were each awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University in New York City.
CaliforniaBusiness May Foot the Bill if Democrats' Budget Plan Passes
The Chamber on July 24 laid out before the House Small Business Committee a comprehensive list of tax code improvements that would encourage small business growth. Click here to read the complete testimony.
The U.S. Chamber applauded President Bush's decision to lift a decades-old executive order banning oil exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Join the ConversationOur recent cover story "Big Tax Increase Looms" (uschamber.com, May 2008) examined how small business tax rates would go up if Congress allows the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts to expire. The story generated a number of responses at www.uschambermagazine.com.
Outlines 13 Principles for ChangeMore nuclear power plants, like the one that the Chamber's Tom Donohue (center) and Karen Harbert toured in Louisiana, are needed to secure our energy future.Against a backdrop of soaring energy prices and a vigorous debate on climate change policy, the U.S. Chamber is working to focus the nation's attention on expanding domestic energy supplies while constructively addressing the issue of carbon emissions.
ColoradoUnion-Dues Proposal Will Be on BallotA ballot initiative aimed at barring union dues and fees from being taken from paychecks of government employees won a spot on Colorado's November ballot last week. The measure would amend the state's constitution to prohibit state and local governments from allowing automatic payroll deductions for union dues or fees.Source: The Denver Post
