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 U.S. Chamber joined the Coalition for Workforce Innovation’s lawsuit over the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new independent contractor rule.
The proposed rules, called “Basel III Endgame,” would significantly increase U.S. banks' capital requirements, making borrowing more expensive for Main Street.
To protect hometown businesses, more than 100 local chambers of commerce across America urge Biden Administration to scrap the “Basel III Endgame” banking rules.
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A new study finds that due to California’s AB-5 law, independent contractors were not converted to full-time employees and instead lost work opportunities, contrary to DOL’s theory.
The U.S. Chamber’s new interactive map quantifies the impact in every state and congressional district.
This Statement for the Record was sent to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committees on Small Business
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