The US Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s premier business lobbying group, brought lawmakers together on Thursday to give them awards for leading and working across party lines — in order to boost top corporate priorities

The Chamber is one of the most powerful, well-funded lobbying organizations in Washington. In 2018, the trade association brought in $168 million in revenue. Last year, it spent $82 million on federal lobbying efforts. The Chamber doesn’t publicly disclose its members, but its board of directors includes executives at major companies across all sectors of the US economy.

While the organization primarily backed Republicans for years, in 2019, the Chamber announced a new “strategic decision”: it would start rewarding bipartisanship and support politicians on both sides of the aisle. The change has mostly meant working to curry favor with conservative Democrats most likely to oppose key progressive agenda items, such as a $15 minimum wage, expanding Medicare, or implementing a Green New Deal.