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.
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 CO– team, led by Chief Product Officer Mike Morello and US Chamber Chief Marketing Officer Justin Waller, rang the Nasdaq closing bell.
This letter was sent to the members of the Senate Entrepreneurship Caucus, supporting the Enhancing Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century Act.
This Hill letter was sent from Christel Slaughter, Chair of the Chamber's Small Business Council, to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions supporting Eugene Scalia to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced the finalists for its annual Dream Big Awards, presented by MetLife, which celebrates the achievements of small businesses and honors their contributions to America’s economic growth.
Small businesses are experiencing record-high outlooks of their own business health and the general business environment.
Despite macroeconomic headwinds and trade worries, confidence remains high; Veteran small business owners report need for capital as biggest challenge. Data from the Q3 MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index indicates that employers are experiencing high levels of confidence about the state of their local economies and their financial future. The index overall score increased yet again this quarter to 70.7, up two percentage points from Q2, marking the highest number since its inception. This indicates that nearly 71% of U.S. small business owners currently have a positive outlook on their companies’ financial future and business environment.
Here are the key reasons Congress needs to pass USMCA early this fall/
Comments submitted regarding the Small Business Runway Extension Plan of 2018 as published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2019.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today released the following statement applauding the CEOs of the Business Roundtable for its updated “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.”
Many small business owners struggle to provide retirement savings plans. With MEPs, small business employees can secure healthy retirements.
