Feb 26 2009
US: ‘Card check’ ballots to determine union representation
Glenn Spencer, executive director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, was in Denver on Monday to decry H.R. 800, federal legislation that would give workers greater rights to unionize. Spencer spoke at the offices of the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry and warned of the “most radical rewrite of labor law in 70 years.” [...]
Feb 5 2009
TARP Recipients Paid Out $114 Million for Politicking Last Year
The companies that have been awarded taxpayers’ money from Congress’s bailout bill spent $77 million on lobbying and $37 million on federal campaign contributions, Center finds. The return on investment: 258,449 percent.
WASHINGTON–(This release has been corrected to reflect that Bank of America has received $45 billion, not $55 billion, from the TARP program. The [...]