Small Business News

| Office of Representative Katie Porter

The Competitive Prices Act is cosponsored by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI). It was also endorsed by American Economic Liberties Project, Demand Progress, Farm Action, Food and Water Watch, Groundwork Collaborative, Liberation in a Generation, Public Citizen, Revolving Door Project, and Small Business Majority.

| Patch Atlanta, GA

On the final day of the legislative session, Georgia legislators voted to pass a number of bills that will impact Georgians. But I’m disappointed that Senate Bill 157 didn’t get a vote, legislation which would have expanded entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for individuals looking for a second chance.

| Capitol Weekly

Industries with existing cultural or systemic barriers might be slower on the uptake than others, says Bianca Blomquist, California Policy Director & Northern California Outreach Director of Small Business Majority, a statewide organization that, among its other efforts, researches small businesses’ needs and challenges.

| News Net Daily

The White House’s light-hearted strategy doesn’t rely entirely on unions to shoulder the lobbying burden, and the administration has highlighted its support for groups like the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Majority and those representing Asian Americans and Islanders.

| Law 360

Lawmakers must extend the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's 20% deduction for qualified pass-through income to help small businesses, witnesses told the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday during a field hearing held in Peachtree City, Georgia

| Politico

The White House’s light-touch strategy is not entirely reliant on unions to shoulder the lobbying load and the administration has highlighted her support from groups like the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Majority and those representing Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

| Capitol Beat News Service

Rachel Shanklin, Georgia director for the advocacy group Small Business Majority, urged Georgia policy makers to enact a state-level earned income tax credit and to expand the state’s Medicaid program, which she said would create 56,000 jobs and insure an additional 500,000 Georgians.

| The White House

[T]he administration has highlighted her support from groups like the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Majority and those representing Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

| SHRM

Likewise, the African American Alliance of Community Development Financial Institutions, the California Chamber of Commerce, the National Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce and Entrepreneurship, the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Small Business for America's Future, Small Business Majority and the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have also backed Su's nomination.

| The Epoch Times

Rachel Shanklin, the Georgia director and National Women’s Entrepreneurship director for Small Business Majority, urged the federal government to build upon many of the programs and benefits created in the CARES Act, the American Rescue Plan, and the Inflation Reduction Act. She listed the extension of the premium subsidies in the Affordable Care Act through 2025 as one example of the government helping entrepreneurs, small business employees, and Georgia’s economy.

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