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We should all try to pull Karl Rove into these sorts of stories as much as
possible. Rove is a one-step association away from Bush where I think the
Chamber is more of a reach. The more Rove is in the frame, the better for
exciting our people.
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Joshua Dorner <[email protected]
> wrote:
> http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/05/foreign-chamber-commerce/
>
>
> *Exclusive: Foreign-Funded ‘U.S.’ Chamber Of Commerce Running Partisan
> Attack Ads <http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/05/foreign-chamber-commerce/>
> *
>
> <http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/05/foreign-chamber-commerce/>
>
> The largest attack campaign against Democrats this fall is being waged by
> the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a trade association organized as a 501(c)(6)
> that can raise and spend unlimited funds without ever disclosing any of its
> donors. The Chamber has promised to spend an unprecedented$75 million<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/02/us/politics/02murdoch.html?ref=politics>
> to defeat candidates like Jack Conway<http://politicalcorrection.org/adcheck/201009150006>,
> Sen. Barbara Boxer<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/09/us-chamber-and-freedomworks-mobilize-to-aid-fiorina.html>
> (D-CA), Jerry Brown <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39171083>, Rep. Joe
> Sestak<http://articles.mcall.com/2010-07-31/news/mc-dc-chamber-sestak-20100731_1_newest-ad-jonathon-dworkin-chamber>
> (D-PA), and Rep. Tom Perriello<http://www.appomattoxnews.com/2010/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-charged-with-money-laundering-tactics.html>
> (D-VA). As of Sept. 15th, the Chamber had aired more than 8,000<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42989.html#ixzz11ObF9Tss>ads
> on behalf of GOP Senate candidates alone, according to a study from the
> Wesleyan Media Project. The Chamber’s spending has dwarfed every other issue
> group and most political party candidate committee spending. A ThinkProgress
> investigation has found that the Chamber funds its political attack campaign
> out of its general account, which solicits foreign funding. And while the
> chamber will likely assert it has internal controls, foreign money is
> fungible, permitting the Chamber to run its unprecedented attack campign.
> According to legal experts consulted by ThinkProgress, the Chamber is likely
> skirting longstanding campaign finance law that bans the involvement of
> foreign corporations in American elections.
>
> In recent years, the Chamber<http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2008/530/045/2008-530045720-05778dd0-9O.pdf>
> has become very aggressive with its fundraising,opening offices<http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:DdCBLEHItTAJ:www.cipe.org/programs/training/pdf/Chamber_Primer.pdf+%22dues%22+lobbying+membership+%22us+chamber+of+commerce%22+filetype:pdf&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgJEoBIOUl5YyIT3ghjYKW00XxbEvhkxPnkVuJW_hEdrKBzHZxOAw5Z1ORE7f2m1W5o0PaCUJtk_7zQYSStTjV0O9ws06aJujGIyJzcmRSn0spxTTlV8_nKN2Z5FJvcp8Q5UlGn&sig=AHIEtbQ5MqZoZ_HSlod2xRetjEEtR95xfw>
> abroad and helping to found foreign chapters (known as Business Councils
> or “AmChams”). While many of these foreign operations include American
> businesses with interests overseas, the Chamber has also spearheaded an
> effort to raise money from foreign corporations, including ones controlled
> by foreign governments. These foreign members of the Chamber send money
> either directly to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, or the foreign members fund
> their local Chamber, which in turn, transfers dues payments back to the
> Chamber’s H Street office in Washington DC. These funds are commingled to
> the Chamber’s 501(c)(6) account which is the vehicle for the attack ads:
>
> – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has created a large presence in the small,
> oil-rich country of Bahrain. In 2006, the Chamber created a local affiliate
> called the “U.S.-Bahrain Business Council” (USBBC), an organization to help
> businesses in Bahrain take advantage<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.usbahrainbusiness.org/view/resources/USBBC_Membership_Application_Form_F.doc>
> of the Chamber’s “network of government and business relationships in the
> US and worldwide.” As the USBBC’s bylaws<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.usbahrainbusiness.org/view/resources/US-Bahrain%2520Business%2520Council%2520Bylaws%2520_Revised%2520June%25202.pdf>
> state, it is not an actual separate entity, rather it is simply an office
> of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 501(c)(6) trade association. Many of the
> USBBC’s board members are Bahrainian, including Aluminum Bahrain, Gulf Air,
> Midal Cables, the Nass Group, Bahrain Maritime & Mercantile International,
> the Bahrain Petroleum Company (state-owned), Gulf Petrochemical Industries
> Company, and First Leasing Bank. *With each of these foreign board members
> to the USBBC contributing at least $10,000 annually, the U.S. Chamber of
> Commerce raises well over** **$100,000<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.usbahrainbusiness.org/view/resources/USBBC_Membership_Application_Form_F.doc>
> ** **a year in money from foreign businesses through its operation in
> Bahrain*. Notably, the membership form provided by the USBBC directs
> applicants to send or wire<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.usbahrainbusiness.org/view/resources/USBBC_Membership_Application_Form_F.doc>
> their money directly to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The membership form
> also explicitly states the foreign-owned firms are welcomed.
>
> – Like the Chamber’s involvement in Bahrain, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
> operates in India through a group called “U.S.-India Business Council”
> (USIBC), which has offices around the world but is headquartered in the U.S.
> Chamber of Commerce. Dozens of Indian businesses, including some of India’s
> largest corporations <http://www.usibc.com/usibc/membership/default> like
> the State Bank of India (state-run) and ICICI Bank, are members of the U.S.
> Chamber of Commerce through the USIBC. Annual membership dues range from
> $7,500 to $15,000 or more, and the money is given directly<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.usibc.com/NR/rdonlyres/ex3azewcuypbkf2mygqucsufr2zkbdxzfo66mzj4d7fh7wmpzoejsa5pfmqya4wy6rzo6ut4auev3pz3r2i3ft6ygne/USIBCMembershipApplication.doc>
> into the Chamber’s 501(c)(6) bank account. *Like the USBBC, the USIBC
> generates well over $200,000 a year in dues for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
> from foreign businesses.* On the USIBC website, many of the groups
> lobbying goals advocate changing American policy to help businesses in
> India. Under the manufacturing policy goal, USIBC boasts<http://www.usibc.com/usibc/advocacy/objectives>
> that it “can play a helpful role in guiding U.S. companies to India,
> while supporting various policy initiatives that will enhance India’s
> reputation as a major manufacturing and investment hub.”
>
> – Many foreign “AmChams” or Business Councils operate outside the direct
> sphere of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce but nonetheless send dues money back
> to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. For instance, the American Chamber of
> Commerce in Egypt is a separate entity based in Cairo that raises hundreds
> of thousands of dollars from both Egyptian firms and American businesses.
> However, the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt calls itself “the most
> active affiliates<http://newsite.amcham.org.eg/about_us/Annual_Report/2009/AmChamProfile.html>
> of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the” Middle East. *Some foreign
> chambers, like the Abu Dhabi AmCham, which includes American firms and
> Esnaad, a subsidiary of the state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company,** **
> claims<http://www.amchamabudhabi.org/mainart.php?depid=2&grpid=30&artid=353>that
> it is a a “dues paying member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and part of
> the global network of American Chambers of Commerce.”*In Russia, the
> relationship between the American Chamber of Commerce there and the U.S.
> Chamber of Commerce here is opaque. This might be because many of the
> dues-paying members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia are
> Russian state-run companies, like VTB Bank<https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.amcham.ru/_images/upload/Members_2010_September.pdf>,
> and controlled by the Russian government. Asked by ThinkProgress if the
> Russian Chambers pay dues back to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Ksenia
> Forsheneva, the membership development manager at the American Chamber of
> Commerce in Russia, replied, *“Unfortunately the information that you
> require is closed for the public.”*
>
> Previously, it has been reported that foreign firms like BP<http://greenenergyreporter.com/policy/bp-to-chamber-were-staying/>,
> Shell Oil, and Siemens are active members of the Chamber. But on a larger
> scale, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appears to rely heavily on fundraising
> from firms all over the world <http://www.uschamber.com/international>,
> including China, India, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Russia, and many other
> places. Of course, because the Chamber successfully lobbied to kill campaign
> finance reforms aimed at establishing transparency<http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011683-503544.html>,
> the Chamber does not have to reveal any of its foreign funding. Dues-paying
> members of the Chamber could potentially be sending additional funds this
> year to help air more attack ads against Democrats.
>
> Here’s how it works. Regular dues from American firms to the Chamber can
> range from $500 to $300,000 or more, depending on their size and industry,
> and can be used for any purpose deemed necessary by Donohue and the Chamber
> leadership. For example, the health insurance giant Aetna has reported that
> it paid $100,000<http://www.aetna.com/about/aoti/aetna_pac/2006annualreport.pdf>
> in annual dues to the Chamber in the past. But for specific advocacy or
> advertising campaigns, corporations can hide behind the label of the U.S.
> Chamber of Commerce and give additional money. Last year, alongside their
> regular dues, health insurance companies like Aetna secretly funneled up to
> $20 million<http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2010/01/health-insurers-funded-chamber.php>
> to the Chamber for attack ads aimed at killing health reform (publicly,
> health insurance executives claimed they supported reform). Last week,
> Politico reported that News Corporation, the parent company of Fox News,
> gave an extra $1 million<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42989.html>
> to the Chamber for its election season attack campaign.
>
> There are many reasons foreign corporations are seeking to defeat
> Democratic candidates this November. The Chamber has repeatedly sent out
> issue alerts attacking Democratic efforts to encourage businesses to hire
> locally rather thanoutsource<http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/120667-us-chamber-comes-out-against-senate-outsourcing-bill>
> to foreign counties. The Chamber has also bitterly fought Democrats for
> opposing unfettered<http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/108605-business-dials-up-free-trade-efforts>
> free trade deals. To galvanize foreign businesses, the Chamber has
> commissioned former Ambassador Frank Lavin — who served as the
> McCain-Palin <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ke2esBtLg>Asia campaign
> director and has appeared on television multiple times recently saying a
> Democratic Congress is bad for business — to speak before various<http://www.amchamchina.org/event/692>
> foreign <http://www.amcham.org.sg/Events/Upcoming-Events> Chamber
> affiliates to talk about the stakes for the 2010 midterm elections.
>
> Because campaign finance laws prohibit foreign entities from contributing
> to political races here in America, we asked the Chamber to defend the
> legality of its fundraising operation. We have yet to receive a response.
> But as word of our investigation<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/04/huffpost-hill-october-4th_n_749988.html>
> began to leak out yesterday, the Chamber informed Politico’s Mike Allen
> that it is now “preparing a response<http://www.politico.com/playbook/1010/playbook1194.html>
> .”
>
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