Strategic Advocacy
The Strategic Advocacy division is comprised of several major policy divisions within the Chamber including theCyber, Space, and National Security Division; Economic Policy Division; Employment Policy Division; and Small Business Policy Division. Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, Health Policy, and Transportation and Infrastructure Policy are also under the umbrella of the Policy Group.
The division works closely with the Chamber's Congressional and Public Affairs and Political Affairs and Federation Relations divisions.
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This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, opposing S.J.Res.15, which would overturn via the Congressional Review Act the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s "True Lender" rule.
As any observer of labor policy knows, unions are very much keen on passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a radical proposal that would upend American labor law, to put it mildly.
Some small business owners have taken it upon themselves to help get shots into the arms of employees and community members.
The Global Task Force on Pandemic Response, a newly formed U.S.-based public-private partnership organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and supported by Business Roundtable, announced today that it is working with the Chamber’s U.S.-India Business Council and the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum to take three immediate actions to help address the COVID-19 surge in India.
Today, Glenn Spencer, Senior Vice President of Employment Policy Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released the following statement after President Biden announced he would withdraw the Independent Contractor Rule:
In 2019, the U.S. Chamber released a report discussing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, a bill in Congress that amounted to nothing more than a litany of organized labor’s policy preferences. Subsequently, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill, but it predictably went nowhere in the Senate, which at the time had a Republican majority.
Overview: OSD is wrapping up input on their 100-day study on Executive Order 14107 regarding Critical Minerals and Materials; the results will likely be published in June. DLA:
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, opposing H.R. 3, the "Lower Drug Costs Now Act." This bill is on the Legislative Leadership list for the “How They Voted” scorecard.
Over one million small businesses would see their tax bills increase significantly with a corporate income tax raise.
Microsoft is minimizing the impact of its operations, while maximizing positive impacts from its own climate-focused tech tools.