Business Often Opposed to U.S. Government Beg for Its Return

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which spent $35.7 million during the 2012 campaign, primarily in support of Republicans, deployed its army of lobbyists to encourage an end to the first partial government shutdown in 17 years.

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