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I removed the item "Neutral on social questions such as abortion and gay marriage." from the Positions Taken -> Legislation list. Foremost, nothing related to these subjects can be found in the source, unlike the other list items that cite it. Additionally being 'neutral' is the opposite of taking a position by definition. There are countless legislative proposals unrelated to commerce, such as social issues, that the Chamber is 'neutral' toward by default. AveVeritas (talk) 23:37, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
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Was deleted with the suggestion that it was deleted because of "See Also", but the Wikipedia rules do not disallow a list of relevant external links. Section should just have been retitled "further reading". Richard LaBorde (talk) 16:00, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
If these positions are notable then some 3rd party RS will note them, no? Hcobb (talk) 16:17, 26 June 2014 (UTC)
Daveburstein (talk) 02:41, 28 July 2014 (UTC) removed unsourced claims of bipartisanship. Removed "The Chamber is staffed with policy specialists, lobbyists and lawyers." Meaningless. Of course a large lobbying group in DC does this.
Removed "More than 90 years later, the Chamber claims a direct membership of 300,000 businesses, and 3 million through its various affiliates such as state and local chambers.[1] Some of the Chamber's members and donors are Goldman Sachs, Chevron, Texaco, and Aegon.[2]" Link was dead and I did not find any evidence for the current direct members. Claim of 3M throuch "affiliates" would only be meaningful if the 3M had proportionate influence. A look at the board suggests otherwise.
Removed "The US Chamber is different from local and state chambers of commerce located in many cities, towns and states nationwide. The US Chamber focuses on national issues on the federal government level. Local and state chambers of commerce are independently started and operated organizations. Local chambers focus on local issues, and state chambers on state issues.[8]" Source link dead. Not clear the issues the national chamber lobbied about don't include local.
Removed unsourced "but the Chamber views health care reform as necessary, preferably with market-based solutions." removed "of its coffers or " as non-neutral and adding little removed "It has been reported that the Chamber has falsely inflated its stated number of members, claiming 3 million versus actual membership of 300,000.[1] The Chamber says this is a "misunderstanding of the U.S. Chamber's structure", as the membership of the US Chamber of Commerce is 300,000, but the membership of all of its regional affiliates combined is 3 million.[2]" Unneeded because original member claim removed as above.
Removed "In 2010 the U.S. Chamber created a page on their web site to respond to controversies that arise.[1]" insignificant and smells of pr.
added "for some immigrants" to amnesty section, which as edited was not clear it discussed immigration.