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The Business Roundtable is a group of chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations formed to promote pro- business public policy
Public policy

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The Business Roundtable is a group of chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations formed to promote pro- business public policy
Public policy

Public policy can be generally defined as the course of action or inaction taken by government entities with regard to a particular issue or set of issues....
.

History

The group was formed in 1972 through the merger of three existing organizations: the March Group, consisting of chief executive officers who met informally to consider public policy issues; the Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable, a group devoted to containing construction costs; and the Labor Law Study Committee, largely made up of labor relations executives of major companies.

It "strongly supported passage of the" No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 , often abbreviated in print as NCLB and sometimes shortened in pronunciation to "nicklebee", is a United States Law of the United States that was originally proposed by George W....
 of 2002, "and is now actively working with states on implementation." It has issued press releases, submitted editorials, given congressional testimony and distributed position ads.

Officers

Members of Business Roundtable's Executive Committee include:
  • Harold McGraw III
    Harold McGraw III

    Harold "Terry" McGraw III is president and chief executive officer of McGraw-Hill Companies and chairman of the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of American companies....
    , McGraw-Hill
    McGraw-Hill

    The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are education, publishing, broadcasting, and financial and business services....
  • Edward B. Rust, Jr., State Farm Insurance
    State Farm Insurance

    State Farm Insurance is a group of insurance and financial services companies. State Farm has remained the largest automobile insurance in the United States continuously since 1942 and insures more cars and homes in the United States than any other insurer....
  • Kenneth I. Chenault, American Express
    American Express

    American Express Company , sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a Diversification global financial services company that is headquartered in New York City, New York....
  • John J. Castellani, organization president


Further reading

  • The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point, Haynes Johnson
    Haynes Johnson

    Haynes Bonner Johnson is a veteran journalist.He worked longest as a print journalist; he also has appeared in recent decades as a frequent guest of pundit news television programs....
     and David S. Broder
    David S. Broder

    David S. Broder is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, television talk show pundit , and university professor. He was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois....
    , Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1996.


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