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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (88403)	7/30/2010 1:22:09 PM
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Small Businesses Find Chamber, Lobby Allies Mute on $30 Billion U.S. Aid By Mark Drajem - Jul 26, 2010 6:28 PM CDT Mon Jul 26 23:28:22 UTC 2010 Small U.S. businesses pushing for a $30 billion federal lending fund are making their case without the support of some supposed allies: Washington lobbying groups that say they represent small businesses. Three of the largest groups -- the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business and National Association of Manufacturers -- were mostly silent during a debate last week over an amendment authorizing the fund, which cleared a legislative hurdle late July 22. A final vote is planned for this week. The neutrality of these organizations, which together spent more than $47 million lobbying in the first six months of this year, left car-parts makers, franchise owners and community banks on their own to argue for the funding.