Any such move would continue a long process of consolidation within the chamber, which has favoured the two biggest blocks.
This has not satisfied Mr. McCain or the chamber, which insists the bill would still be too costly and cumbersome.
But the chamber, which speaks for all the industry's major players including Anglo and Gold Fields, outlined a number of problems and proposed some amendments.
(The chamber, which was active in having the flag removed from the Capitol dome, denied a similar role in the sauce's disappearance).
The Chamber, which has been a loud and vocal critic of Obama's clean energy measures, spent $20m on Senate races during this election season – losing at least seven.
The chamber, which has offices in Mount Vernon and Spring Valley, was founded in 1996, and has more than 100 members.
But Simmonds then apparently asked to speak to Greening and the pair went to a small meeting room near the chamber which ministers often use between votes.
Officials at the consumer bureau have since met privately with the chamber, which has not retreated from its position, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
It has spawned at least one blog, Lost Words in the Chamber, which has regularly posted the last statements since 2011.
Certainly the chamber, which lobbies Congress hard on behalf of big business, will make its demands known — health care repeal, no tax increases, reduced regulation and oversight.
Once we were in for a vote and crossed paths going to the two division lobbies, she to the "content" lobby and I to the "not content" – and we kissed in the chamber, which caused some concern and amazement".
