Friends of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

2012 Voter Education and Grassroots Mobilization Campaign

Last week, the U.S. Chamber launched the latest wave of our 2012 voter education and grassroots mobilization campaign – the largest and most aggressive of its kind in the Chamber’s 100 year history.

This November, voters have the choice between more government mandated solutions or the resurgence of free enterprise, the one economic system that will allow job creators, investors and the American people to lead our economic recovery. With your help, and the help of state and local chambers of commerce, we’re working across the nation to make sure jobs are on the ballot this November.

We’re shedding light on which candidates are willing to fight for the ideals of American enterprise, and who will continue to inflict taxes, regulatory barriers and out of control spending on small businesses.

Watch the latest round of our voter education ads below.

Vote for Jobs, It's That Simple

The U.S. Chamber is currently engaged in a historic, multi-state voter education campaign to ensure American voters know where their candidates stand on the issue of jobs.

Are they supporting pro-jobs policies to advance American Free Enterprise and put America back to work?

Or are they playing politics over smart policy ... blocking common sense measures that will get our economy back on track?

Today, we highlight three of our most recent ads that let voters know where Senator Sherrod Brown, Congressman Rick Berg, and Congressman. Jim Matheson stand:

Ohio: Senator Sherrod Brown

Business owners across the country cite the health care law as a major hindrance to hiring and growing their operations. In Ohio, more than 2.2 million Ohioans voted to reject Obamacare. Pretty clear message, right?

Not to Senator Sherrod Brown, who called the vote “confusing,” saying that it didn’t tell us anything. We’re airing this ad to help remind Ohio voters that it was Sherrod Brown’s vote that helped allow Obamacare to pass the Senate:



North Dakota: Congressman Rick Berg

While Sherrod Brown is voting for job-killing policies like Obamacare - North Dakota Congressman Rick Berg is championing measures to put people in his state back to work. For example, he supports the Keystone XL pipeline, which would create tens our thousands of new American jobs and help secure America’s energy future.  Berg rejected President Obama’s politically motivated decision to reject the XL Pipeline and the jobs it’ll create.  In this ad, we highlight how Rick Berg stood up for new American jobs and new American energy:



Utah: Congressman Jim Matheson

Another Congressman fighting for American free enterprise is Jim Matheson of Utah.  He understands that for businesses to create jobs, they can’t be over burdened by oppressive taxes and regulatory red tape.  Matheson has a record of voting to lower taxes on businesses and reduce government regulations so that American free enterprise can grow, innovate, and create jobs. Watch our new ad about Congressman Matheson here:

These are just a few samples of our voter education efforts that are currently underway. 

We invite you to click here to view all of our ads and learn how you can join our effort to ensure that America Votes for Jobs in 2012.

VIDEO: Free enterprise will bring America back

Last week, the U.S. Chamber launched its second round of 2012 Issue Ads in states and districts across the country.  It's all part of our largest voter eduction efforts to date - and it's only just the beginning.

These ads clearly demonstrate that the 2012 Elections will be a contest between those who believe Free Enterprise will bring America back, and those who favor Big Government.In listening to people around the country and looking at the principles our nation were founded upon, it's clear that Free Enterprise is the way to go.  

Please take a moment to view these videos and learn more about the issues affecting communities around the country.

More Than Statistics: Meet the Real Victims of Lawsuit Abuse

A few weeks ago, we sat down with Lisa Rickard, Executive Vice President of the U.S. Chamber and President of the U.S. Chamber's Institute for Lawsuit Reform (ILR) and Workforce Freedom Initiative, to discuss the impact of lawsuit abuse on America’s economic recovery.

Did you know that lawsuit abuse costs small businesses up to $100 billion each year? That's the same sector responsible for 64 percent of all new jobs created in the U.S economy. More jobs, higher wages and better benefits could be provided if the average small business earning $1 million in revenue wasn't spending $20,000 each year on an out of control lawsuit system.

But lawsuit abuse is about more than just numbers. It impacts real people, and real small businesses.

Watch the videos below to hear the real stories of how lawsuit abuse has threatened the futures of two family-owned businesses — a Mexican restaurant and a coffee shop — in California.

These stories are part of ILR’s Faces of Lawsuit Abuse campaign. Do you know a small business facing a frivolous lawsuit? Visit Faces of Lawsuit Abuse to share your story.

Sen. Rubio Meets with Jacksonville Small Biz Roundtable

Small businesses around the country are meeting with their members of Congress to voice their concerns and challenges in regards to growing and thriving in our current economy.  Senator Rubio, member of the Senate Small Business Committee, met with the Jacksonville small business community this week, and here’s what they had to say:

How are the small businesses in your community fairing in today’s economic environment?

Fighting Back Against the NLRB

Perhaps nothing embodies the notion of the federal government getting in the way of American job creators more than the overreach of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

The most outrageous example of this overreach, of course, is the NLRB’s recent attempt to prevent the Boeing Company from establishing a new non-union aircraft production facility in South Carolina, costing the state thousands of new, good paying jobs.

The U.S. Chamber is fighting back.

As The Hill reports, “Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched a round of television ads in Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia that criticized the NLRB for its Boeing complaint.”

Watch our new ad below, and share it with your friends, family and colleagues to help spread the word:

Learn more about the National Labor Relations Board here as Free Enterprise Magazine takes a look inside this little-known independent agency.