Small Business Policy
The Small Business Policy team formulates small business policy and assists small business members in creating effective grassroots actions and strategies on legislative, regulatory and international initiatives.
The Small Business Policy team manages the Small Business Council, the U.S. Chamber’s principal policy committee and action group representing the issues of concern to small business. In addition to formulating small business policy, the council assists in creating strategies on legislative, regulatory and international initiatives. The group is able to bring to the Chamber’s Board of Directors attention issues they regard as important or comment on the small business impact of policy being formulated by other Chamber standing policy committees.
Catch up on the latest data and what it means for the health of America's small businesses and the national economy.
The U.S. Chamber urges Congress to enact the “Main Street Tax Certainty Act,” which would make the 20% pass-through deduction permanent.
Make a commitment to help small business suppliers and vendors manage their capital and improve cash flow.
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Small Business Council member, Jeff Good, interview on CNN Newsroom about the need for Congress to pass a stimulus.
A coalition letter consisting of leading business & policy groups urging Congress to immediately renew the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help small businesses survive and design a long-term loan program to support a bottom-up recovery.
Massive small business coalition asks Congress to reverse IRS ruling that penalizes PPP borrowers
Learn about state and federal emergency loan programs and other support for small businesses struggling from the effects of the pandemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce strongly supports the bipartisan group of lawmakers who have put forward a new pandemic relief package to be passed by the end of the year. The following statement can be attributed to Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley.
This letter sent to House and Senate leadership calls for enacting a bill to provide a second Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan with tax deductibility and streamlined forgiveness.
In this coalition letter of over 110 business and financial trades, a calling for the inclusion of PPP streamlined forgiveness & expanded hold harmless legislation to be included in any PPP legislation that will be moving through Congress.
Eighty groups including the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Bankers Association and the National Association of Manufacturers warned the SBA and the Treasury Department in a letter Tuesday that the questionnaires introduced a "confusing and burdensome" process for borrowers and PPP lenders.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council appointed Ian MacLean, President of Highland Landscaping LLC, as Chair and Natalie Kaddas, CEO of Kaddas Enterprises, as Vice Chair of its Small Business Council. MacLean succeeds former Chair, Christel Slaughter, CEO of SSA Consultants.
New platform organizes federal, state, nonprofit and private sector programs WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today launched a comprehensive new online resource center with funding programs, resources and guidance for small businesses struggling from the pandemic and waiting for Congress to provide further financial relief.
