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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The Administration and Congress are in the process of providing meaningful support for employees in the form of paid sick and family leave and streamlined availability of unemployment benefits. The Chamber supports these efforts. Now, the Chamber calls on the Administration and Congress to take critical steps to support America’s employers during this period.
When Aisha Bowe started classes at Washtenaw Community College in Michigan she had planned to study international business, but a change of heart – inspired by her father’s decision to go back to school for electrical engineering – upended her trajectory. “He brought up this idea that maybe I could be an engineer, too,” says Bowe.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress, on a legislative package intended to help American workers and their families weather the coronavirus pandemic.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress, on legislation to address the coronavirus pandemic.
This Hill letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, on the hearing entitled, “The Coronavirus and America’s Small Business Supply Chain.”
The MetLife U.S. Chamber Small Business Index reached the highest score since 2017, marking the third consecutive record-breaking quarter!
Data from the Q1 2020 MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index (Index) conducted December 19, 2019-January 31, 2020 indicates a slight rise in confidence in small businesses’ views about their businesses and financial future.
This Hill letter was sent to the House Committee on Small Business, on a hearing entitled, "The Impact of Coronavirus on America’s Small Businesses."
This Hill letter was sent to the members of the United States Congress, supporting H.R. 6074, the "Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020."
Beau Shell, CEO & Owner of Lil Ice Cream Dude's Cool World, breaks down how he launched an ice cream business from scratch--at 8 years old.
