Chamber’s Donohue Keeps Cash Coming After PG&E, Apple Defect

Bloomberg by Mark Drajem, Daniel Whitten | Nov. 17, 2009 (News Report)

Apple Inc. and three other members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce quit over its opposition to climate-change legislation. President Barack Obama denounced the group for “spending millions” to kill a planned consumer financial-protection agency.

Tom Donohue, the 71-year-old president of the nation’s largest business-lobbying organization, responded by doing what critics and admirers alike say he does best: using a fight to raise money in ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Lobbying, Obama Administration, Climate Change
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Nov 17, 2009 - 7:26 AM PST
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Heidi Pickman (review), Richard Riehl (review), Fab Florin (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Nov 17, 2009 - 7:27 AM PST
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Richard Riehl
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 by Richard Riehl - Nov. 19, 2009

This is an excellent, and somewhat depressing, overview of the deep pocket lobbyist battles climate change legislation will face.

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Heidi Pickman
3.5
 by Heidi Pickman - Nov. 19, 2009

I think the reporter did a good job teasing out different angles to the story with factual information, but it seems to have a bias leaning toward Donahue. Also, the Chamber is notorious for keeping its membership a secret so there is no questioning of the 300,000 members.

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 19, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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Fab Florin
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 by Fab Florin - Nov. 20, 2009
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