With the unemployment rate remaining high, some trade groups choose to emphasize job creation in their D.C. advocacy efforts Caldeira Graham Sweeney As the unemployment rate hovers near 9 percent and more than 13 million Americans still look for work, some associations are stepping up efforts to promote their industries as key job-creating engines for the U.S. economy. Some groups, such as the International Franchise Association, are highlighting their members’ job creation potential in an effort to advance a legislative agenda on Capitol Hill. Other associations are doing so as part of a broader effort to burnish the image of their industry,… Read More