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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Biden Administration’s changes to PPP Lending. The changes are aimed at extending aid to minority-owned businesses and to the nation’s smallest firms. Only businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be able to apply for PPP funds through March 9. Tom Sullivan, the U.S. Chamber's vice president of small business policy, released the following statement:
Tax reform improved the competitiveness of our tax system – and proposals to double the GILTI rate is a step in the wrong direction.
Tax reform improved the competitiveness of our tax system – and proposals to double the GILTI rate is a step in the wrong direction.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Senate Committee on the Budget, supporting the Nomination of Neera Tanden to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, supporting the Nomination of Neera Tanden to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is launching a new virtual event series, Common Grounds, which will convene one Republican leader and one Democratic leader to explore important issues or challenges facing the business community and the nation. These conversations will identify opportunities for consensus on timely issues, examine and explain legitimate policy differences, and pursue pathways to compromise and meaningful solutions.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, on the Nomination of Isabel Guzman to be Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (CCI) is a quarterly economic index designed to gauge the outlook for, and resulting confidence in, the commercial construction industry.
This Letter was sent to the President of the United States and to the Members of the United States Congress, on the Administration's "American Rescue Plan" and the Chamber's priorities for a bipartisan COVID-19 relief package.
A two-part report on reopening the middle market. The first report shows mid-sized business optimism with responses varying by size. The second report in the series, focuses on technology leveraged by companies to adapt while awaiting widespread vaccinations.
