Chamber Says It Will Vet Candidates on Fiscal Pragmatism
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Thomas Donohue, the president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said that while his organization respects the small-government instincts of Tea Party Republicans, he can’t support efforts to shut down the government or block increases to the debt ceiling.
“We do believe that to advance those interests by putting the country’s whole financial system at risk is not a good idea,” Donohue told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor today.