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'''U.S. Chamber of Commerce''', a powerful business [[lobbying]] group in the United States that "has become a fully functional part of the partisan [[Republican Party|Republican]] machine" since CEO and president [[Thomas J. Donohue]] took office in 1997. Prior to Donohue's tenure, the Chamber "used to be a [[trade association]] that advocated in a bipartisan manner for narrowly tailored policies to benefit its members." <ref>Matt Stoller, [http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/12/13/14220/862 "Tom Donahue, the 'Gang of 6' and Red America,"] ''MyDD'', December 13, 2006.</ref> The Chamber's 2010 budget is approximately $200 million, but as a trade organization, its donors can remain anonymous. <ref name= "NY Times Oct 22"></ref>
Despite these claims, the ''New York Times'' reported in October 2010 that half of the Chamber's $140 million in contributions in 2008 came from just 45 big-money donors, many of whom enlisted the Chamber's help to fight political and public opinion battles on their behalf (such as opposing financial or healthcare reforms, or other regulations). <ref name= "NY Times Oct 22"> ERIC LIPTON, MIKE McINTIRE and DON VAN NATTA Jr., [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/us/politics/22chamber.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2 Top Corporations Aid U.S. Chamber of Commerce Campaign], ''The New York Times'', October 21, 2010.</ref> The Chamber is "dominated by [[oil industry|oil companies]], [[pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceutical giants]], automakers and other polluting industries," according to [[James Carter]], executive director of the [[Green Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>Tom Lochner, [http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_7247780 "Chamber hopes local promotion of green business produces national results,"] ''ContraCostaTimes'', October 22, 2007.</ref>
===TheTrueCosts.org===
TheTrueCosts.org is a now defunct website sponsored by the Chamber. In conjunction with the Coalition Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (CACP), it has produced the ''No Trade in Fakes Supply Chain Tool Kit'', which provides provided "proven strategies" for companies "to use to protect their supply chains from counterfeiters and modern-day pirates."<ref>[http://www.thetruecosts.org/portal/truecosts/resources/supplychain Resources: SupplyChain,] TheTrueCosts.org.</ref> Website: http://www.thetruecosts.org<br>
==Coal and Energy==
==Other issues==
===Opposing national health care reform===
The U.S. Chamber sponsors sponsored the [[Campaign for Responsible Health Reform]], a program created launched in 2009 to convince people to preserve employer-sponsored health insurance and oppose a public insurance option in health care reform in the U.S. The Campaign aims aimed to convince people that a government-sponsored plan is "fiscally reckless," will "lead us down the road to total government control of our health," and that it will make those with private insurance pay even more.<ref>Campaign for Responsible Health Reform [http://www.responsiblehealthreform.org/campaign The Campaign], Web page, accessed August 18, 2009</ref>
The Campaign says said that "a government-run plan that would have broad and unrivaled power to negotiate for low-cost services of doctors and other health care providers could put private insurers out of business."<ref> Campaign for Responsible Health Reform [http://www.responsiblehealthreform.org/tools-resources/faqs FAQs], accessed August 18, 2009</ref>
The group's Web site has former website had a "Take Action" page that says "We can’t afford to let a government-run plan raise our taxes and create long waits for treatment." It urges people to write their Congress members to oppose "government-run health care."<ref>Campaign for Responsible Health Reform [http://www.responsiblehealthreform.org/take-action Take Action], accessed August 18, 2009</ref>
===SCHIP veto===
==Senior management==
The following are listed as members of the Chamber's senior management.<ref>[http://www.uschamber.com/about/management/default Management,] USChamber.com, accessed October 22, 2007May 9 2013.</ref> *[[Thomas J. Donohue]], - President and CEO*[[David C. Chavern]], - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer*[[R. Bruce JostenMyron Brilliant]], - Executive Vice President, Government Affairsand Head of International*LTG (Ret.) [[Daniel W. ChristmanLily Fu Claffee]], - Senior Vice President, International Affairs Chief Legal Officer, and General Counsel*[[Thomas CollamoreShannon DiBari]], - Senior Vice President Communications & Strategy and Counselor to the President Chief Administrative Officer*[[Shannon DiBariAmanda Engstrom Eversole]], - Senior Vice President, Human Resources*[[Carl Grant]], Chairman and Chief of the Staff; Senior Vice President's Advisory Group , U.S. Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness*[[Stan Harrell]], - Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer *[[David Hirschmann]], - Senior Vice President and Executive Vice , U.S. Chamber of Commerce; President& CEO, National Chamber Foundation (NCF)*General [[James LU. Jones]] USMC (retS.), Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness; President and CEO, Institute for Energythe Global Intellectual Property Center*[[Steven J. LawJudy Richmond]], Chief Legal Officer and - Vice President & Senior Associate General Counsel*[[Rolf LundbergThomas Collamore]], - Senior Vice President, Congressional Communications and Public AffairsStrategy and Counselor to the President*[[Carl Grant]] - Chairman of the President's Advisory Group*[[William C. MillerKaren Alderman Harbert]] - President and CEO, JrInstitute for 21st Century Energy*[[R.Bruce Josten]]- Executive Vice President, Government Affairs*[[Rob Engstrom]] - Senior Vice President, Political Affairs & Federation Relations and National Political Director*[[Lisa RickardRandy Johnson]]- Senior Vice President, PresidentLabor, Institute for Legal ReformImmigration and Employee Benefits*[[James RobinsonWilliam Kovacs]], - Senior Vice President , Environment, Technology and Counselor to the President Regulatory Affairs *[[Arthur J. RothkopfMarty Regalia]], - Senior Vice President and Counselor to the PresidentChief Economist*[[Agnes WarfieldLisa Rickard]], Senior Vice - President, Development ==Board members==The following are listed as members of the Chamber's board of directorsU.<ref>[http://wwwS.uschamber.com/about/board/default BoardChamber Institute for Legal Reform, President,] USChamber.comWorkforce Freedom Initiative, accessed October 22Executive Vice President, 2007U.S.</ref> Chamber of Commerce*[[Thomas J. DonohueJames Robinson]], - Senior Vice President and CEOCounselor to the President*[[Paul Margaret Spellings]] - President, U.S. Speranza, Jr.Chamber of Commerce Foundation*[[Al Martinez-Fonts]]- Executive Vice President, Chairman U.S. Chamber of the Board of DirectorsCommerce Foundation*[[Donald J. ShepardJohn Sullivan]]- Executive Director, Vice Chairman of the Board of DirectorsCenter for International Private Enterprise*[[Gerald L. ShaheenAgnes Warfield-Blanc]]- Senior Vice President, Immediate Past Chair and Chair of the Executive CommitteeDevelopment
Also see the lists of regional vice chairmen;<ref>[http://www.uschamber.com/about/board/regional.htm Regional,] USChamber.com, accessed October 22, 2007.</ref> the senior council;<ref>[http://www.uschamber.com/about/board/senior.htm Senior,] USChamber.com, accessed October 22, 2007.</ref> and all members of the board of directors.<ref>[http://www.uschamber.com/about/board/all.htm All,] USChamber.com, accessed October 22, 2007.</ref>