To begin with, the organization has nothing to do with the U.S. government; "U.S." is simply an impressive, useful name. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a powerful lobbying group funded by big businesses; it lobbies against financial reform, consumer protection, health care reform, and climate change reform, to name a few. To see a partial list of memebers, look at the October 30th Huffington Post article "Who Funds the Chamber of Commerce? HuffPost Readers Respond."
The week of October 19th - 25th, in the Charlottesville area, the Chamber ran blatantly anti-union TV ads against the Democratic candidate for governor, Creigh Deeds. They were inflammatory and untruthful. Nice touch with our workers hurting.
During that same week, the Chamber ran radio and TV ads in Northern Virginia indicating that the Washington Post backed Republican Robert McDonnell's transportation plan. The Post's response was <...we haven't.> The Post's editorial reply is in the article "U.S. Chamber vs. honesty." The Post said that the Chamber distorted their position.
So again, what is the Chamber's interest in Virginia? What does Robert McDonnell offer the Chamber?
If you are interested in having the Virginia governor chosen by Virginians rather than by lobbyists; and if you are interested in state government that is accountable to individuals, please find a way to vote on Tuesday.