The Secret Chamber
The Inner Workings of the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce and the Hijacking of an Election
While many people perceive the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as an apolitical and innocuous business support organization, it is anything but. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, often through its Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), is engaged in a largely covert effort to elect public officials and judges who reflect a strong political agenda of protecting corporations from liability and weakening the civil justice system.
It is generally hard to track in which races the U.S. Chamber/ILR gets involved, how much they spend, and what the outcomes are. Secrecy is a hallmark of the U.S. Chamber/ILR strategy when getting involved in electoral races. It sometimes goes to great lengths to keep its involvement and funding a secret, hiding behind local front groups.
