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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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This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to all members of the U.S. Congress in support of H.R. 1625, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018.”
For almost a decade the Chamber has been warning the Department of Labor (DOL) of the dire consequences that would result from its rule...
This letter was sent to the members of the House Committee on Financial Services in support of several bills that the Committee is marking up this morning: H.R. 4861, the "Ensuring Quality Unbiased Access to Loans (EQUAL) Act of 2018"; H.R. 5051, the "Public Company Registration Threshold Act"; H.R. 4659, "to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to recognize the exposure-reducing nature of client margin for cleared derivates"; and H.R. 5323, the "Derivatives Fairness Act."
Now, the SEC can take the lead on developing standards of conduct that serve all investors.
In a heartening display of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Senate passed a badly needed fix to banking regulations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Financial Services Institute, Financial Services Roundtable, Insured Retirement Institute, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association released the following statement today on a decision in favor of the plaintiffs by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding a legal challenge to the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today in response to U.S. Senate passage of S. 2155, the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” which will alleviate regulatory burdens for America’s local and community banks:“It can be tough to achieve anything on a bipartisan basis these days, but members of the U.S. Senate proved today that helping small businesses and boosting economic growth are goals we can all get behind.
This letter was sent to all members of the House in support of H.R. 910, the "Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017" and H.R. 1312, the "Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act."
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports S. 2155, the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,” which would better tailor regulations for community and regional banks. The Chamber will consider including votes on, or in relation to, this bill in our annual How They Voted scorecard.
Bank regulation has curtailed the ability of community and regional banks to serve small businesses.
