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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By 2025, our nation’s failing infrastructure will have cost American businesses $7 trillion.
Small Businesses Priorities for the 116th Congress Thomas M. Sullivan Vice President, Small Business PolicyU.S. Chamber of Commerce Testimny: Committee on Small BusinessUnited States House of Representatives February 13, 2019
Deteriorating infrastructure hurts companies' bottom lines.
February 5, 2019 The Honorable Nydia Velazquez The Honorable Steve Chabot Chairwoman Ranking Member Committee on Small Business Committee on Small Business U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives
January 8, 2019 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: On behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council, the Chamber supports seven bills that are scheduled for consideration by the House that would promote small business growth and development: H.R. 116, the “Investing in Main Street Act,” which would help small businesses access the capital they need to start and grow.
By: Thomas Sullivan and Melissa Bercier
The Q4 MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index is at 69.3.
In today’s economy, talent is king. Yet, for American small businesses—our largest job creators—talent is anything but abundant. Many small businesses are hard pressed to commit the time to engage education and workforce partners for good reason. For one, they have little time, resources, or bandwidth to commit to efforts outside of their core business. The bureaucracy of our education and workforce systems can seem impenetrable and certainly not user-friendly to a small business.
The Q4 MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index (Index) released today recorded an overall score of 69.3, indicating a pause in the upward trend of the Index. The fourth quarter score is down less than one-half a point from the third quarter’s record high of 69.7, still reflecting general optimism from the small business community.
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