The council is the U.S. Chamber’s principal policy committee and action group representing the issues of concern to small business.
For information on the Small Business Council, please contact Jaclyn Neuman at JNeuman@USChamber.com.
The council is the U.S. Chamber’s principal policy committee and action group representing the issues of concern to small business. In addition to focusing on small business policy, the council assists small business members in creating effective grass roots actions and strategies on legislative, regulatory and international initiatives. The group is able to bring to the U.S. Chamber Board’s attention small business issues they regard as important or comment on the small business impact of policy being considered by other Chamber standing policy committees.
The majority of the membership is comprised of small business owners whose size range from the self-employed to larger enterprises. Other members may include CEO’s or small business directors of state and local chambers of commerce, small business advocates of member associations, and small business representatives of organizations dedicated to serving the interests of small businesses.
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This Coalition letter was sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and the SenateCommittee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, on extending the application deadline for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the United States Congress, supporting S. 389 / H.R. 1226, the "Next Generation Entrepreneurship Corps Act."
U.S. Chamber joins small business coalition opposed to lowering the 1099-K threshold from $20,000 down to $600. The lower threshold will add tax complexity to already overwhelmed small businesses and should not be part of the reconciliation legislation Congress is considering.
This letter was sent to the Committee on Small Business prior to their Perspectives from Main Street: Raising the Wage hearing. Ian MacLean, Chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council, penned the letter.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Biden Administration’s changes to PPP Lending. The changes are aimed at extending aid to minority-owned businesses and to the nation’s smallest firms. Only businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be able to apply for PPP funds through March 9.
This Hill letter was sent to the Members of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, on the Nomination of Isabel Guzman to be Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
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Check out our key takeaways from our Policy Power Hour: State Issues, National Impact on Jan. 15, 2021.
This Coalition letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, supporting the nomination of Isabel Guzman to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued this guide and cheat sheet to help small businesses and self-employed individuals prepare to file for a loan from the CARES Act's Paycheck Protection Program.
From shipping to staffing, the Chamber and its partners have the tools to save your business money and the solutions to help you run it more efficiently. Join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today to start saving.
