HuffPost readers responded to our request for more information about the companies and organizations which fund and support the Chamber of Commerce, which has been outspoken in its opposition to health care reform, climate change legislation and financial reform. For the following list, we chose to also include Chamber affiliates, such as the Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, the National Chamber Litigation Center, National Chamber Foundation, the Center for International Private Enterprise and the Business Civic Leadership Center. In addition, the corporate affiliations of the Chamber’s leadership and board of directors have been highlighted.


 
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Let me get this straight. In the years leading up to the crisis, Ed Yingling – the head lobbyist for the American Bankers Association (ABA) and all the big banks – successfully lobbied against every real effort to regulate consumer credit products. Operating under the lax regulation and weak rules that Yingling and his army of lobbyists helped create, the industry got reckless and, in the process, brought the economy to its knees

If you were here yesterday, you may have seen the case that James Boyce and Paul Abrams laid out for breaking up the big banks . I want to reiterate the importance of having balance among the competing interests in Washington, and the security that comes from an economy in which no small group can affect the financial well-being of millions.

Jane Padgett couldn’t believe it when the company that sells her dog’s medicine said her credit card had been denied. When she called Bank of America, she learned that her $1,000 credit limit had been halved.