Chamber of Commerce: We'll Pull 'Out All of the Stops' to
Make 2014 Year of Amnesty
by Tony Lee 8 Jan 2014, 12:39 PM
PDT
The president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said his
organization is willing to "pull out all of the stops" to make 2014
the year of amnesty.
In his 2014 "State of American Business"
address on Tuesday, Tom Donohue said
his group will even work with left-wing unions to try to pass comprehensive immigration reform, which the
Congressional Budget Office determined would lower the wages of American
workers. CNBC's Jim Cramer recently suggested that those in the permanent
political class who are advocating for amnesty do not care about American
workers.
"We're determined to make
2014 the year that immigration reform is finally enacted," Donohue said.
"The Chamber will pull out all of the stops--through grassroots lobbying,
communications, politics and partnerships with our friends in the unions, and
faith-based organizations, and law enforcement groups and others to get this
job done."
After his speech, in a
question-and-answer session with reporters, Donohue was asked: "You said
2014 is the year for immigration reform. So can you outline what you plan to do
either differently or the same from 2013 to actually get things done this
year?"
He said the Chamber "made a
deal in the Senate" on a "cooperative basis with the AFL-CIO and with
lots of other people."
"Then we started working in
the House where I believe we have received very positive response. A different
way of doing business, 485 people, not just 100 of them," he said.
"And we brought in 600 people to one group, we brought in faith-based and
folks from all sorts of social activities, you know, people, community
leaders."
Breitbart News' Matt Boyle has
extensively reported on the ties between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and
left-wing groups, many of which have been financed by George Soros, in trying to ram through amnesty. These groups have used astroturf protests to try to make
it seem like there was more support for immigration reform than there actually
is. According to a Gallup
poll, only three percent of Americans think immigration reform is the country's
top priority.
Donohue also said that he believed
amnesty supporters were "two-thirds of the way there" and has
"been encouraged by a lot of the noise and soundings out of the
House." He said he was "not discouraged" when he wakes up in the
morning and sees "a story about some reason it’s not going to work."
"I think we’re going to get
this done," he predicted.
As Breitbart News has reported,
the Chamber is also preparing to spend $50 million to crush the Tea Party in
2014, largely because of the movement's resistance to amnesty. President Barack
Obama said it was "frustrating" he could not get his biggest 2013
goal accomplished. Amnesty advocates had
indicated that they may make a huge push to get the legislation passed, as
Breitbart News reported, after the GOP primaries in the spring. Though House Republican
leaders have said they would not conference on the exact Senate bill, they have
given every indication that they would be more than willing to conference with
the Senate on various piecemeal pieces of legislation. Should that occur,
amnesty supporters and opponents have conceded that the pathway to citizenship
provision would prevail.
U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
Klaus Kleinfeld is a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Amnesty International,
and the Hudson Institute (think tank).
George Soros
is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Lee
H. Hamilton is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), a co-chair for the Independent
Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, and was a co-chair for the Iraq Study Group.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was a member of
the Iraq Study Group, is an honorary
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP,
Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank) and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
James
W. Cicconi was a partner at Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Klaus Kleinfeld is a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a director at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Thomas J. Donohue
is the president & CEO for the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and a trustee emeritus for the Hudson Institute (think tank).
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