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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On Saturday, August 8, President Trump signed four Executive Orders addressing unemployment insurance, payroll taxes, evictions, and student loans. According to President Trump, the Executive Orders were a direct response to Congress’s stalemate over a Phase IV deal.
OSD A&S: Recent activity by the department in partnership with HHS—DPA activity over the past two weeks--signed two agreements; Aug 10th with Bio Fire Defense for testing and Aug 17th $750,000 for plasma products; DoD started with a $1B objective under DPA Title 3 and now down to less than $50M to commit all in support of the national stockpile initiative. Scott Baum with OSD MIBP is headed back to Texas -- this is his last week. DLA:
On behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, I am pleased to provide these comments to inform the development of the implementation plan for the National Strategy to Secure 5G. We believe that fifth generation wireless technology (5G) offers the potential for significant benefits to consumers, businesses, research institutions, and governments worldwide, many of which will only become apparent as 5G networks are deployed and utilized. These benefits undoubtedly will help to drive economic growth for the next decade.
This Coalition letter was sent to Congressional leadership and to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, on the President's Executive Order Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations.
Congress and the White House need to come together on a path that supports families without creating the uncertainty of a big tax surprise.
This paper discusses recent proposals to expand Medicare and lays out the likely impact such a move would have on various stakeholders. For the sake of simplicity, this paper discusses Medicare for all and Medicare buy-in proposals, but the points apply more broadly.
The Progressive Policy Institute recently released a report on regulatory reforms for independent workers.
OSD A&S: DPA activities—two awards in coordination with HHS July 29th NTE $51M to Puritan Medical for swabs; July 30 $23.3M to Buxton Medical for pandemic rapid point of care infection detection. No call next week due to events in the Pentagon. Next meeting will be August 19th -- so mark schedules. Security clearance webinar was attended by over 600 small businesses and will most likely repeat that event later in the year and please let OSD know of any other key topics important to small busin
The Chamber requests a conditional veto S2380 because of its sweeping nature and potential massive costs for employers.
The National Audubon Society, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the United States Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement today about the Great American Outdoors Act becoming law.
