Government Affairs
The Government Affairs division is the Chamber’s lobbying team headquartered in Washington with regional offices across the country. We champion the Chamber’s pro-business priorities and advocate for America’s free enterprise system on Capitol Hill.
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Chamber Strength
The Chamber is an effective advocacy organization thanks to its broad membership base, extensive federation network, active grassroots engagement, robust policy experience, strong lobbying expertise, proactive free enterprise agenda, and long-standing pro-business reputation.
Our Influence
The Government Affairs DC and Regional Teams play a vital role in the Chamber’s advocacy efforts and effectiveness through legislative lobbying, subject matter expertise, strategic relationship engagement, coalition participation, and policy monitoring, analysis, and reporting.
Hill Leadership
The Hill Team brings expertise and strategic acumen to shape strategy, build alliances, and drive effective advocacy on both sides of the aisle through direct Capitol Hill engagement.
Beyond the Beltway
The Regional Team cultivates relationships among local, regional, and state chambers, association partners, and businesses large and small to show support for pro-growth legislation in the communities that Members of Congress represent.
Relationship Building
Central to the work of the Government Affairs Team is building stronger relationships with members of Congress that foster trust, support decision-making, enhance credibility and expertise, and promote collaboration to enable effective long-term legislative and political success.
Recent Work
Leadership
Ron EidshaugVice President and Chief of Staff, Government Affairs Moore HallmarkVice President and Managing Director, Regional Government Affairs Thomas WickhamSenior Vice President, State & Local Policy
Go in Depth
Latest Content
The Chamber signed on to this Coalition letter, which was sent to Congressional leadership urging reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
This Hill letter was sent to Members of the United States Senate supporting the nomination of Reta Jo Lewis to serve as President and Chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, on H.R. 4521, the "America COMPETES Act."
This coalition letter was sent to Members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on S. 3410, “The Consumer Protection and Due Process Act.”
This Hill letter was sent to Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to serve as Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary, on a hearing entitled, "Reviving Competition, Part 5: Addressing the Effects of Economic Concentration on America’s Food Supply."
This Hill letter was sent to Members of the United States Senate supporting S. 3290, the “National Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Supply Chain Database Act.” This bill is on the Legislative Leadership list for the “How They Voted” scorecard.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, opposing S. 2992, the "American Innovation and Choice Online Act."
This Coalition letter was sent to Members of the United States Congress on national privacy legislation.
This Hill letter was sent to Members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions regarding the renomination of David Weil to be the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) at the Department of Labor.