The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government.
The Chamber is staffed with policy specialists, lobbyists and lawyers. Politically, the Chamber is generally considered to be a conservative organization. It usually supports Republican political candidates, though it has occasionally supported conservative Democrats. The Chamber is one of the largest lobbying groups in the U.S., spending more money than any other lobbying organization on a yearly basis.
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His laughter tinkled among the teacups.
I thought of Fragilion, that shy figure among the birch-trees,
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Gaping at the lady in the swing.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
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—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)