'Lobbying America' documents rise of conservative business advocacy in 1970s and 1980s Related content 'Big Three' business groups share much common ground There was a time when few political leaders cared what the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or the National Association of Manufacturers had to say. Both groups had marginalized themselves by the end of the 1960s, particularly NAM with strident right-wing political views. As recounted in the just published "Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA," one political observer of the time noted: "In almost every conversation I have ever had in which those two are referred to, someone will point out how… Read More