Roll Call July 20, 2021 Wyden pitches curbs on tax break for noncorporate businesses By Laura Weiss Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden is proposing to limit a tax break for “pass-through” business owners by phasing it out for individuals making more than $400,000. The Oregon Democrat released a bill Tuesday morning that would simplify and curtail a…
Sign Letter to Rep. Rice and Mace in support of COAST Anti-Drilling Act
It’s time to permanently ban offshore drilling for oil in the Atlantic. We have been successful in our efforts to block exploratory seismic airgun blasting, the preliminary process before drilling. But now we need to finish the job. Businesses are encouraged to sign this letter asking South Carolina Representatives…
As teens head back to school, group says young workers needed to fill workforce needs
Live 5 WCSC July 18, 2021 As teens head back to school, group says young workers needed to fill workforce needs By Logan Reigstad WANDO, S.C. (WCSC) – The start of another school year is just weeks away, meaning many teens and young adults who picked up a summer job…
SIGN ON: Support Investing in Our Future
Small Business for America’s Future is joining partners across the country to help build the case for the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework & then bold investment in America’s small businesses, workers, & families. In that effort, as influential voices in your state, we are asking leaders like you to add…
REGISTER: ASBC VISITS CAPITOL HILL JULY 20-22!
July should be a very busy month for Congress, which is expected to consider two massive proposals with sweeping implications across multiple issues about which the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) and our members care deeply. Among these are infrastructure, climate change, clean water, transportation, paid leave, broadband access and transportation.…
Demand Filibuster Reform: Sign the Letter
The ability of eligible citizens to vote is under attack in state after state in this country. But legislation that could expand voting opportunities, impose new ethical restrictions on politicians and judges and help curb election abuses is being blocked in the Senate through the use of an outdated rule known…
August 4th AARP and Federal Reserve Bank Event
REGISTER TO JOIN HERE Join AARP and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at 2:00 pm ET for a conversation on the long-term unemployment crisis and what innovative solutions are needed to address this issue. A full speaker list will be announced soon!
July 27th Business Leader Briefing with Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves
REGISTER TO JOIN HERE Join us Tuesday, July 27th, for a business leader briefing with Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Don Graves, on Infrastructure and the American Jobs Plan. The Deputy Secretary will provide: An update on bipartisan infrastructure conversations, plus the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan Take some question and answer…
July 22 Finance & Equity Webinar with Isabella Casillas Guzman
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What President Biden’s Executive Order On Competition Means For Small Businesses
Forbes By: Rhett Buttle July 13, 2021 At the signing of an Executive Order on July 9 to promote competition in the American economy, President Joe Biden stated, “The heart of American capitalism is a simple idea: open and fair competition—that means that if your companies want to win your business, they…