U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce is named in 37 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1921 to 2024.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-24 | Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC to Block Non-Compete Ban, Challenging Agency Authority U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Business Roundtable | confirmed | |
| 2023-12-01 | Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC Over 'Black-Box Environment' Lack of Transparency U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Suzanne Clark | confirmed | |
| 2020-03-18 | Trump Invokes Defense Production Act but Refuses to Compel PPE Production as Corporate Lobbying Blocks Emergency Powers Donald Trump · Peter Navarro · Jared Kushner · U.S. Chamber of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 2017-12-22 | Trump Signs Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - Corporate Rate Permanently Slashed from 35% to 21%, Pass-Through Deduction, Estate Tax Exemption Doubled, $1.9 Trillion Added to Deficit Donald Trump · Paul Ryan · Mitch McConnell · Kevin Brady · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-14 | 28 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2009-03-10 | Employee Free Choice Act Abandoned Despite Democratic Supermajority, Corporate Lobbying Victory Barack Obama · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Business Roundtable · AFL-CIO · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2003-05-28 | Bush Signs JGTRRA - Dividend and Capital Gains Rates Slashed to 15%, Massively Favoring Investment Income Over Wages George W. Bush · Dick Cheney · Bill Thomas · Charles Grassley · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1994-01-01 | NAFTA Implementation Begins Manufacturing Job Hemorrhage Bill Clinton · George H.W. Bush · Carlos Salinas de Gortari · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1993-06-01 | $25 Million Corporate Lobbying Blitz Drives NAFTA Passage Despite Labor Opposition Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · National Association of Manufacturers · American Express · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1989-01-01 | Global Climate Coalition Formed to Coordinate Industry Climate Denial Campaign ExxonMobil · Shell · Chevron · Ford Motor Company · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1988-08-04 | WARN Act Passes with Corporate Loopholes, Toothless Plant Closing Protection U.S. Congress · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · AFL-CIO | confirmed | |
| 1980-12-11 | Superfund Law Passes But Industry Successfully Builds In Weaknesses and Delays Jimmy Carter · Chemical Manufacturers Association · American Petroleum Institute · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-01 | Corporate Political Mobilization Accelerates Following Powell Memo and Business Roundtable Formation Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · National Association of Manufacturers · Lewis Powell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1978-12-31 | Corporate Lobbying Presence Quintuples in Washington DC U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Corporate Lobbying Industry · Lewis Powell · Fortune 500 Leadership | confirmed | |
| 1978-06-22 | Labor Law Reform Act Killed by Filibuster After Business Roundtable Lobbying Blitz Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · National Association of Manufacturers · AFL-CIO · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1976-12-31 | Corporate PAC Explosion: 433 New Corporate PACs Formed in Post-Buckley Era Corporate America · Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Election Commission | confirmed | |
| 1973-11-08 | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board Adopts Powell Memo Task Force Recommendations U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Eugene B. Sydnor Jr. · Lewis F. Powell Jr. | confirmed | |
| 1972-11-01 | National Association of Manufacturers Relocates to Washington D.C. in Corporate Mobilization National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 1972-09-28 | Powell Memo Leaked to Public, Exposing Corporate Institutional Capture Blueprint Jack Anderson · Lewis F. Powell Jr. · U.S. Chamber of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 1971-10-22 | Nixon Nominates Lewis Powell to Supreme Court Two Months After Corporate Blueprint Memo Richard Nixon · Lewis F. Powell Jr. · John Mitchell · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1971-08-23 | Lewis Powell Writes Landmark Memo Blueprinting Corporate Institutional Capture Strategy Lewis F. Powell Jr. · Eugene B. Sydnor Jr. · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Nixon Administration | confirmed | |
| 1971-01-01 | Corporate Lobbying Expansion Begins, Growing From 175 to 2,500 Firms by 1982 U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Corporate America | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-29 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Creates OSHA After Decades of Industry Opposition to Workplace Safety President Richard Nixon · U.S. Congress · AFL-CIO · National Association of Manufacturers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1967-12-15 | Age Discrimination in Employment Act Protects Workers Over 40 from Job Discrimination President Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress · Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz · U.S. Chamber of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 1964-07-02 | Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passes After Filibuster Defeats Corporate Southern Resistance President Lyndon B. Johnson · Southern Democratic Senators · Richard Russell · Strom Thurmond · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1960-01-01 | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Reaches 2.5 Million Members Through Anti-Communist Mobilization U.S. Chamber of Commerce · American Legion | confirmed | |
| 1954-02-26 | Bricker Amendment Fails by One Vote, Conservative Attempt to Limit Treaty Power Defeated John Bricker · Dwight D. Eisenhower · American Bar Association · U.S. Senate · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1950-01-01 | Corporate Anti-Communist Network Coordinates Labor Suppression Through NAM, Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · American Legion · J.B. Matthews · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1946-11-09 | Price Controls End After Corporate Decontrol Campaign, Inflation Spikes Office of Price Administration · Harry Truman · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1946-02-20 | Employment Act of 1946 Gutted, Full Employment Guarantee Abandoned U.S. Congress · Harry Truman · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1945-09-06 | Truman 21-Point Program Defeated, Corporate Backlash Against New Deal Begins Harry Truman · U.S. Congress · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1940-10-08 | Excess Profits Tax Passed with Corporate Lobbying Loopholes U.S. Congress · Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Treasury Department · National Association of Manufacturers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1935-08-14 | Social Security Act Creates Federal Retirement and Unemployment Insurance System Over Business Opposition Franklin D. Roosevelt · Frances Perkins · U.S. Congress · American Liberty League · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1934-06-27 | Federal Housing Administration Created, Institutionalizes Racial Segregation Federal Housing Administration · Federal Home Loan Bank Board · U.S. Chamber of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 1933-06-16 | National Industrial Recovery Act Creates NRA Blue Eagle Program, Enabling Corporate Self-Regulation Franklin D. Roosevelt · Hugh Johnson · U.S. Congress · National Recovery Administration · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1924-01-15 | National Industrial Conference Board Coordinates Corporate Anti-Union Propaganda National Industrial Conference Board · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · American Plan Association | confirmed | |
| 1921-01-01 | American Plan Open Shop Campaign Launches Nationwide Union Suppression National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · U.S. Steel · Henry Clay Frick · +2 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
National Association of Manufacturers
15× shared
U.S. Congress
9× shared
Business Roundtable
7× shared
AFL-CIO
5× shared
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
4× shared
Franklin D. Roosevelt
3× shared
Harry Truman
3× shared
U.S. Senate
3× shared
American Legion
2× shared
American Petroleum Institute
2× shared
Americans for Prosperity
2× shared
Bill Clinton
2× shared
Corporate America
2× shared
Donald Trump
2× shared
Eugene B. Sydnor Jr.
2× shared
Federal Trade Commission
2× shared
Heritage Foundation
2× shared
Jimmy Carter
2× shared
Lewis Powell
2× shared
Lina Khan
2× shared
President Lyndon B. Johnson
2× shared
Robert Taft
2× shared
500 Corporate Trade Associations
1× shared
American Bar Association
1× shared
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