United States Chamber of Commerce - On The Issues

On The Issues

The Chamber's positions include:

• Supports the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
• Supports corporate globalization/free trade and outsourcing.
• Opposes financial regulation.
• Opposes the DISCLOSE Act, which aims to limit foreign influence on U.S. elections.
• Opposes healthcare reform as written in the Affordable Health Care for America Act. The Chamber views health care reform as necessary, but prefers market-based solutions.
• Opposes action on climate change. The Chamber recognizes that climate change is real, but disputes the scientific consensus that warming mostly results from human activity and questions whether anything can be done to reduce climate change. The Chamber emphasizes the economic impact of climate decisions.
• Supported the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

• Neutral on social questions such as abortion and gay marriage.
• Campaigned against portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
• Argued a case all the way to the Supreme Court opposing mandatory immigration status checks by employers in Arizona.
• Supported corporate personhood and allowing corporations to spend unlimited sums on electioneering via an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court Citizens United v FEC. Its position is opposed by some advocates for independent businesses.