• The Chamber's in-house law firm, the National Chamber Litigation Centre (NCLC), supports the ILR's work, filing lawsuits and amicus briefs.

    ECONOMIST: Corporate lobbying

  • After the beating Tripp has taken in the press, Starr's grand-jury chamber must seem downright inviting.

    CNN: Tripp's Turn to Talk

  • Eventually, though, the drill will go deep enough to push rock powder into the drill's sample-gathering chamber.

    BBC: Curiosity Mars rover spins its rock drill

  • They simulated stray radio tower signals in UL's echo-free chamber (pictured here)outside Chicago to make sure the signals wouldn't accidentally trigger a car's air bag.

    FORBES: By the Numbers

  • Business groups--notably the oil industry and U.S. Chamber of Commerce--warn that a decision against Exxon could open the door to excessive punitive damages claims against other companies.

    FORBES: The $2.5 Billion Question

  • And when its aluminium coating is replaced with silver in a year or two's time (a huge vacuum-chamber housed at the telescope's base will be used to deposit metallic vapour on to the mirror's reflecting surface), it will be able to see into the infra-red with equal clarity, opening up a much neglected area of astronomy.

    ECONOMIST: Japan��s new telescope

  • The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is now the biggest outside spender of the 2010 elections, thanks to an 11th-hour effort to boost Democrats that has vaulted the public-sector union ahead of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AFL-CIO and a flock of new Republican groups in campaign spending.

    WSJ: Public-Employees Union Is Now Campaign's Big Spender

  • The AFL-CIO and the pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce reached a deal late Friday that would allow tens of thousands of low-skill workers into the country to fill jobs in construction, restaurants and hotels.

    WSJ: Rubio: Reports of immigration deal 'premature'

  • And I want to also thank the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S.-Russia Business Council, the American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow, and all the organizations who helped bring our countries together not just today but every day.

    WHITEHOUSE: U.S.-Russia Business Summit

  • Currently, he's in the midst of a 3-year appointment as Artistic Partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and he's the Pianist-in-Residence at the Berlin Philharmonic.

    NPR: Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the Art of the Etude

  • The AFL-CIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries.

    WSJ: Business, labor close on deal for immigration bill

  • Nebraska's legislature, a single-chamber assembly unique among the states, recently passed a two-year moratorium on executions.

    ECONOMIST: Execution reconsidered

  • The last Holyrood election saw the SNP become the first party to win an overall majority, meaning it plays a dominant role in the parliament's chamber and cross-party committees.

    BBC: Review of Holyrood presiding officer election rules

  • In addition they're seeking to create a new visa program to bring foreign agriculture workers to the U.S. But wages and visa caps have been sticking points, just as they were for a separate low-skilled worker program that was resolved recently with a deal between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO.

    NPR: Tentative Deal On Immigration Farm Workers

  • Around 30% of the party's candidates for the lower-house Chamber of Deputies are under 40, and 42% are women.

    ECONOMIST: Italy's election: Promises, but no delivery | The

  • The Chamber's ill-timed and reckless interview also threatens to undermine the growing support for a thoughtful legislative alternative to cap and trade.

    FORBES: Commentary

  • The ILR is funded by the pro-business U.S. Chamber.

    FORBES: Lawyers Outspend Obama On The Web, Study Finds

  • Democrats currently have a 235 to 199 majority in the House of Representatives and a 51 to 49 majority in the Senate -- the chamber's two independent senators are allied with the Democrats.

    CNN: Palin costing McCain, poll suggests

  • Daniel Inouye, who is the chamber's fourth-oldest member.

    CNN: Akaka wins Hawaii primary

  • Despite the attempt by some environmentalists to paint the U.S. Chamber as an anti-science climate denier, the business group has acknowledged the reality of greenhouse gas emissions and the need for a coordinated response.

    FORBES: Commentary

  • He's also a consummate dealmaker who routinely collects endorsements from Republican-allied groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

    NPR: Pro-Gun Voters Put Heat On Democratic Senators

  • The U.S.-Asean Business Council said it and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host a dinner for Mr. Thein Sein in Washington next Monday night.

    WSJ: Myanmar Leader to Visit U.S.

  • Is it time -- and these are supported by the U.S. Chamber and others, businesses, that they say would help create jobs -- is it time for a regulatory reform bill?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The group kicked off the session with a live performance of the finale from Dvorak's "American" String Quartet, a staple of the chamber-music repertoire that sounded fresh in this young group's hands.

    NPR: Opening Day With The Escher String Quartet

  • "We cannot be unaware of the fact that - particularly with the internet - there's this huge echo chamber out there, " he said.

    BBC: Bill Clinton: Politics must change after Arizona attack

  • Reign over your romantic retreat from your bed chamber's fittingly king-sized bed-or the two-person Jacuzzi tub-while taking in the sparkling waters of Seneca Lake.

    BBC: Daily deal: Free reign in New York's Finger Lakes

  • He urged the judges to send Mr Kenyatta's case back to the pre-trial chamber for judges to assess what remains of the evidence - and decide whether it is substantial enough to justify a trial.

    BBC: Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta challenges ICC case

  • The New York Times bluntly reported on what's likely driving some businesses in the Northeast and West to break with cap-and-trade skeptics like the Chamber and sing the bill's praises.

    FORBES: Commentary

  • But the most often-noted difference between the NCCO (founded in 1992) and other U.S. chamber orchestras is that it has had, since 2008, a world-famous violinist as its concertmaster and artistic director.

    WSJ: All Strings Attached | New Century Chamber Orchestra | By David Littlejohn

  • Likewise, the GOP is looking at two young new Hispanic stars in the Senate chamber -- Florida's Marco Rubio and the newly elected Ted Cruz from Texas.

    CNN: GOP's surprising edge on diversity

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