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Champions in Intellectual Property: Innovators and Enforcers
May 20, 2013When we think about intellectual property (IP) issues, it’s easy to focus on the bad guys—the criminal organizations, the plotting foreign governments, the online pirates, the counterfeiters, and the hacktivists—and the dangerous consequences of their illicit activities. They pose very [...]
Read MoreEnterprising States Are a Model for Growth
May 13, 2013Last week the president kicked off a Jobs and Opportunity Tour in Austin, Texas—a city that’s flourishing because state and local leaders have cultivated a good business climate and helped nurture a booming high-tech industry. The president is smart to [...]
Read MoreThe Case for Trade
May 6, 2013What policy can create jobs, help small businesses, boost agriculture, spur manufacturing, level the playing field for America in the global economy, offer consumers more products at more affordable prices, and do so without increasing taxes or the deficit? Sounds [...]
Read MoreIt’s About Time for Immigration Reform
April 29, 2013Immigration reform is one of the compelling challenges of our time. If we rise to that challenge, we can ensure that our great country can compete and win in the global race for talent. We can secure the lives and [...]
Read MoreWhat Small Businesses Want …
April 21, 2013America’s 27 million small businesses represent 99% of U.S. employers and account for three-quarters of all new jobs created. The smallest of businesses stand to make the biggest impact on economic growth and job creation. In order to remain a [...]
Read MoreIt’s Not Too Late to Fix Dodd-Frank
April 15, 2013It’s been nearly three years since Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act to overhaul our financial system. While we agreed with many of the goals of the financial reform law, the results are moving us farther away from the well-functioning, well-regulated [...]
Read MoreWe Need Spending Restraint, Not Tax Hikes
April 8, 2013As Tax Day looms, American families and employers are keenly aware of the deep cut the government is taking out of their household incomes and hard-earned profits. A heavy tax burden means that consumers have less to spend in the [...]
Read MoreTwo Years, More Than 100,000 Heroes Hired
April 1, 2013Just two years ago this month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched Hiring Our Heroes (HOH), a program to help transitioning military personnel, veterans, and spouses find meaningful employment in the private sector. Today, the program has helped tens of [...]
Read MoreWashington’s State of Altered Reality
March 26, 2013You’ve probably heard that a gaffe in Washington is when someone accidentally tells the truth. Well, there is a pronounced shortage of truth telling in Washington these days. It’s one thing to differ over philosophy, direction, and approach. That’s democracy. [...]
Read MoreSuddenly, a Bold Trade Agenda
March 25, 2013The United States suddenly has a bold trade agenda filled with ambition and possibility. Its success would reignite economic growth and generate millions of new jobs. It’s not complicated—when companies, large and small, have more customers, they can do more [...]
Read MoreThomas J. Donohue
Thomas J. Donohue is president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Since assuming his position in 1997, Donohue has built the Chamber into a lobbying and political powerhouse with expanded influence across the globe.
Under Donohue’s leadership, the Chamber has emerged as a major political force by educating the public about the business records of congressional candidates and generating voter enthusiasm through the Chamber’s powerful grassroots program. In addition, he has a column in the Washington Examiner.