The Obama administration released its list of visitors to the White House since inauguration. Among the most frequent visitors? U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas J. Donohue. The WaPo article adds about him:
whose organization has complained bitterly of being left out of energy, health-care and financial reform efforts and who is leading opposition to White House plans on those issues. Donohue nonetheless visited the White House nearly a dozen times from February to June, including three encounters with the president, the records show.
I don't even see how they have the nerve to complain. Left out? You're having personal meetings with the president! That's far more than the rest of America gets. Not only that, but the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is ROUTINELY the top spender on lobbying. In the first quarter of this year, they spent nearly $10 million. I guess they felt so "left out" that by the third quarter, they more than tripled spending to equal over $34 million. That's a lot of money, all spent on convincing our government to act against the welfare and wishes of the American people. |
