A new report by the a consumer watchdog Public Citizen analyzed data from Good Jobs First's database on corporate misconduct - Violation Tracker - and found that 111 known U.S. Chamber member corporations have violated state and federal law at least 15,895 times. Since 2000, the group has racked up penalties of over $154 billion since 2000.

With a price tag of well over $1 billion, Texas set a new record with its subsidy gift to Samsung to build a semi-conductor factory. An Austin American-Statesman analysis found that local, county and state subsidies add up to $981 million, and that excludes roughly $260 million in Samsung-benefiting infrastructure improvements that the public will pay for.