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Publications > uschamber.com Magazine > 2006 Archives > July 2006

uschamber.com Magazine July 2006

 
President Bush meets with U.S. Chamber officials, including President and CEO Tom Donohue (center left), before delivering a speech on immigration reform at the Chamber headquarters on
June 2.

Cover Story: Senate OK's Immigration Reform

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill recently that is significantly different from legislation that the House approved late last year, setting the stage for a difficult conference between the two chambers as they resolve discrepancies in their respective bills.
 

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Gerald L. Shaheen learned the essentials of operating a business when, as a child, he and his identical twin stocked shelves, greeted customers, and swept the floor of the grocery store owned by their parents in Elmwood, Illinois.
 
 
The U.S. Chamber and its small business members can take satisfaction in a number of key legislative and political victories at the midpoint of the calendar year.
 
With the summer travel season heating up, Ana Guevara, deputy assistant secretary for services at the U.S. Department of Commerce since May, talks about the challenges facing travel and tourism in the United States.
 
As consumers and small businesses in many parts of the nation struggle with $3-a-gallon gasoline, the U.S. Chamber is pressing Congress to adopt legislation that would boost both conventional and alternative energy supplies and increase efficiency, thereby lowering prices.
 
Do you like it when someone remembers your name? This is such a simple task. Yet for the vast majority of businesspeople, it is the single most important ability that fails them.
 
 
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