U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Organization

The United States Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber) is the largest corporate lobbying group in the country, representing predatory Wall Street banks and major fossil fuel companies, as well as some corporate criminals. The Chamber spends millions annually on federal lobbying and dark money political contributions to promote an anti-worker, anti-consumer, and anti-climate deregulatory agenda.

Horatio Alger Association
Thomas Donohue is an advisor and the former president and CEO (1997-2019) for the Chamber. Donohue is also a 2013 inductee into the Horatio Alger Association, an exclusive circle of wealthy business elites that has lavished Clarence Thomas with luxury gifts and received unprecedented access to the Supreme Court building.

Melaleuca Inc. CEO Frank VanderSloot is also a current board member for the Chamber and a 2015 inductee into the Horatio Alger Association.

Koch Network
Right-wing billionaire Charles Koch’s foundation has given large amounts of money to bankroll the Chamber’s work, including a 2021 grant of $817,500 to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and a 2022 grant of $1.65 million to fund the Chamber’s JobSIDE initiative.

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