How even Biden’s best officials are subject to insidious corporate pressure
Chamber of Commerce
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Unlikely Origins of the Chamber-Chopra War
Big business could soon get their chance to kill the CFPB for good, thanks in part to former Obama aide William Daley.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Banks Are Defending Their Right to Discriminate
Chamber of Commerce v. CFPB is the latest battle in Wall Street’s long war to destroy the consumer protection agency.
Posted inTAP
The Regulator Bankers Love to Hate
Today on TAP: Rohit Chopra’s efforts to protect consumers and defend the financial rights of African Americans bring on the wrath of the business lobbies.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Corporate Groups Claiming to Support Service Members Don’t
While the Chamber of Commerce and other groups talk up their commitment to military families, they work behind the scenes to block access to consumer protections.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Chamber of Commerce Tries to Silence Sexual Harassment Victims
In a familiar tactic, the Chamber manufactures an alternative to a broadly bipartisan effort to end forced arbitration for workplace sexual misconduct cases.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate Lobbyists Seek ‘Grassroots’ Support for Forced Arbitration
Emails reveal a conservative tactic to promote forced arbitration in Arizona: offer $2,000 to sign a local newspaper op-ed.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Companies Signing Voting Rights Statement Are Members of Anti–H.R. 1 Lobbying Group
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned U.S. senators against voting for the Democrats’ election reform bill.
Posted inTAP
The Bogus Corporate Counteroffensive Defending China
Today on TAP: A new Chamber of Commerce report misleads
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: The Chamber of Commerce Lobbies Against Protecting America
Also, more on banks and the coronavirus checks, and the shocking lack of attention to testing. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 16, 2020.