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Friday, September 5, 2025 | CA
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On September 5, Small Business Majority signed onto a letter with 50 other organizations calling on California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign SB 81, which would safeguard access to healthcare facilities for all Californians by protecting people’s immigration status and place of birth information from being disclosed and prohibiting healthcare providers from granting access to nonpublic areas of healthcare facilities for immigration enforcement purposes.

Friday, September 5, 2025 | CA
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On September 5, Small Business Majority joined 25+ organizations in sending an Assembly Floor Alert in support of AB 1415 (Bonta), which ensures that the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) can fully review increasingly complex healthcare merger’s impacts on consumer access and affordability, including private equity mergers in healthcare. 

Thursday, September 4, 2025 | National
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On September 4, Small Business Majority submitted a statement for the record in advance of a U.S. House Committee on Small Business hearing titled “Leveling the Playing Field: Fostering Opportunities for Small Business Contractors." The statement outlines how Congress and federal agencies can expand access to federal procurement opportunities for small businesses through proven tools such as government-wide contracting goals and set-asides, broadening the Rule of Two, and holding prime contractors accountable. 
 

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | National
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On September 2, Small Business Majority, alongside more than 200 partner organizations and small businesses, sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging Congress to take immediate action to extend the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of this year.

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | National
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On August 27, Small Business Majority submitted a statement for the record in advance of a U.S. House Committee on Small Business hearing titled “Wired for Growth: How Expanding Broadband Can Revitalize Rural Small Businesses.” The statement underscores the need for reliable, affordable broadband in rural communities and highlights the ongoing connectivity gaps that hinder rural entrepreneurs from starting and growing their businesses.

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | National
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If the enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs) expire at the end of this year, millions of small business owners and employees who rely on Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace coverage will face steep premium increases. To learn more about why these enhanced credits are critical to the small business community, check out Small Business Majority’s new fact sheet.

Thursday, August 21, 2025 | CO
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On August 21, Small Business Majority Colorado Director Hunter Nelson testified in support of  HB25B-1006, legislation that would loan $100 million from the Unclaimed Property Tax Cash Fund (UPTF) to the Health Insurance Affordability Enterprise (HIAE) in order to help fund programs under the enterprise that help lower healthcare costs for Coloradans on the individual market in the event that Congress fails to reauthorize the enhanced Premium Tax Credits (PTCs). 

Monday, August 18, 2025 | National
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On August 18, Small Business Majority submitted comments opposing a proposed rule from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to rescind the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule. The 2023 rule represented decades of thoughtful feedback and progress on federal banking regulations, and rescinding it will roll back critical efforts to ensure financial institutions meet the evolving needs of rural and under-resourced small businesses. 
 

Friday, August 15, 2025 | CA

Small Business Majority joined Rise Economy and 40+ other California community organizations and allies, in response to the agencies’ proposal to rescind the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule (“2023 Rule”).

Thursday, August 7, 2025 | National
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On August 7, the Small Business Tax Reform Coalition (SBTRC)—a joint initiative of Small Business Majority and Main Street Alliance—submitted a statement for the record in response to a recent U.S. House Ways & Means Committee hearing on the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.

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