Chamber of Commerce announces it will back Republicans that vote to end shutdown, raise debt ceiling

[BluegrassStateBlues]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says that it will make campaign donations to Republicans that vote to end the government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling, putting it at loggerheads with the Tea Party.

That is significant, because The Chamber provides a financial counter balance to House incumbents that could face a primary challenger if they support a “clean” continuing resolution to fund the operation of the U.S. government or to raise the sovereign debt that can be issued by the United States Treasury to avoid a default.

The shutdown crisis began last week over an attempt to nullify the ACA by defunding it. Republicans have unsuccessfully tried to repeal or dismantle the ACA 46 times. Opponents claim that it is a “job killer,” but some leading economists say there’s no evidence to substantiate it. Republicans spent months planning their shutdown strategy over the law, an extreme aberration from the normal legislative process and rebuke of the 2012 election.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/us-chamber-of-commerce-backs-republicans-who-oppose-shutdown/31422

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EDIT: This is the only source found so far. Please take with a grain of salt.

[stevenleser]

1. This is what will end the crisis. The GOP cannot win races if it alienates those with big pockets.

Those with big pockets depend on a healthy stock and bond market to keep their wealth.

[randome]

2. The GOP can't. But the Tea Party doesn't give a damn.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[Bluenorthwest]

5. But there is no actual political party called the Tea Party. They are Republicans.

This pretense of fluffing them up as if they were an actual Party serves them. The Greens have an actual Party. There is a Tea Caucus. But not a Party. If the rest of the Republicans stopped fluffing them up, they'd be a few radical shouters in the House, which has always had a few of those. In the past others did not roll out the red carpet and announce they were equal to the DNC and RNC.

[wandy]

8. Keep in mind that the Koch brothers and friends also put on a pretty good spread..........

and that the trough the teabagger branch of the GOP feeds from.

[mucifer]

3. It's so sick that they get to buy politicians and the supreme court is about to make this worse.

[roguevalley]

16. traitors have to be paid to save their country.

say that long and loud EVERYWHERE, my dear DU'rs

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Now what, OrangeMan? You look a little pale this morning.

Wassamatta, can't keep your troops in line?

[Salviati]

6. I think they're going to need a stick along with their carrot.

If the want to pull the republican party back from the cliff of ideological incompetence, they're going to need to threaten to donate to primary and general election challengers to any tea-addled republicans who vote against a clean CR or clean debt ceiling increase - REGARDLESS of how those votes turn out.

[lanlady]

7. this story doesn't give a source

Where & when did the CofC say any of this? If it's true, great; but a lot of it seems to be wishful thinking.

[BluegrassStateBlues]

10. Agreed. I may have jumped the gun on this.

Saw it making its rounds on twitter and didn't find a 2nd source.

So take it with a pound of salt.

[Bake]

9. Wool, the Chamber of Commerce

People stopped giving a damn about them decades ago. Boehner I terrified of the teabaggers nd losing his job as Speaker!

Bake

[freshwest]

11. Default begins in less than two weeks. They won't give in, and Obama can't, there is nothing to give

A year is too far away with no federal government in place.

[ladjf]

12. If this information is correct, it's a good sign that the "tea bag cabal" is cracking. nt

[B Calm]

13. Wasn't it the Chamber of Commerce that helped put these Tea Baggers in office?

[Zorra]

14. I hope this is for real, but knowing the CoC....pass the salt, please? nt

[WilliamPitt]

15. Another story

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/some-tea-party-congressmen-find-signs-of-political-backlash-at-home/2013/10/06/d13d698a-2d27-11e3-b139-029811dbb57f_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

Cites "business money" without naming the CoC, but still...

[Cha]

17. K&R thanks Bluegrass