# U.S. Chamber of Commerce vs. Some of Its Own Members

*Published:* 2009-05-06
*Author:* Sharyn Stein

Recently, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been one of the loudest voices against a climate change bill. But now they have formidable opposition from … some of the members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

It looks like the Chamber started lobbying on this issue without checking with some of their largest members — like Johnson & Johnson and Nike — who *support* a carbon cap. Now the Chamber is getting called out in the press. Oops.

Here’s the story from Politico: “[Chamber under fire on warming](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22101.html)“