The parties also raised millions from corporations, trade groups and labor unions that were trying to get Congress to pass certain bills before the election. This isn't philanthropy. It's one side of a trade, with the payback to come later. These chits are going to be called. Nonsense, said Frank Coleman, a spokesman for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Organized labor is strongly behind the new ergonomics regulations.
In addition, the White House has insisted that workers on school construction projects be paid the prevailing wage, which in many cases is union scale. We want to support the candidates we think support working families. The costs of doing politics has gone up dramatically because there's so much at stake. Disney has helped lead the fight against the proposed merger of America Online and Time Warner. Congressional Republicans have refused to fund the federal government's lawsuit against the tobacco industry, and initially tried to prevent other agencies from transferring money to the Justice Department without congressional approval.