The U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched an ad campaign today to promote free enterprise and the idea that business, not government, is the key to economic recovery, CongressDaily reported. (subscription)

Chamber President Tom Donohue declined to put a price tag on the campaign, which involves television commercials and grassroots efforts calling for less government regulation and lower taxes. But he told U.S. News and World Report last month the organization plans to spend $25 million a year on the program for several years.

Donohue said the Chamber plans to contact lawmakers to try to make them consider the "free enterprise" consequences of every vote they take.