Join the fight against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Great news: Public outrage at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's political spending is having a huge impact!
Nearly 20,000 people have signed Demand Progress's petition urging local chapters to quit the right-wing U.S. Chamber. Now those chapters are speaking out and leaving in droves. Help us cut off the U.S. Chamber's revenue stream, tarnish its brand, and make it harder for it to get lawmakers to do the bidding of big business. Will you join us by signing on at right?
PETITION TO CHAMBER MEMBERS: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been using your membership dues for deceptive ads and extremist lobbying. I don't want my local businesses funding such an out-of-touch agenda. Please resign from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce immediately.
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Politico just reported that:
More than 40 local chambers issued statements during the midterms distancing themselves from the U.S. Chamber’s campaign — including nearly every major local chamber in Iowa and New Hampshire, key states for the presidential campaign.
Other chambers plan to take the extraordinary step of ending their affiliation with the U.S. Chamber, including the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce in Pennsylvania. Its leaders reported being inundated with angry — and sometimes profanity-laced — telephone calls from people objecting to the U.S. Chamber-backed ads.
The U.S. Chamber is living a lie: It does the bidding of big business's baddest boys, but maintains its standing by exploiting the good names of local chambers of commerce and ma and pa shops on Main Streets across America.
The U.S. Chamber uses its chapters' money and the false presumption that it's working on behalf of local businesses to push its radical right-wing agenda: bailouts for banks, internet censorship, and an end to environmental protection, public health care, and social security.
Please sign on at right -- we'll deliver your message to your local chamber of commerce and their member businesses.