Small Business News

| 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

| 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.

| 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.

| 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.

| The Hill

The rule has drawn support from some small business groups. An online survey released last week by Small Business Majority found that nearly six in 10 small business owners support the noncompete ban. Just 14 percent of respondents voiced opposition to the proposal.

| LexBlog

At the Small Business Majority Event on Non-Compete Agreements, Chair Khan delivered prepared remarks about the FTC’s own efforts to help small businesses participate fairly in the marketplace.

| The Philadelphia Inquirer

This is particularly true for small businesses that simply can’t afford to offer the perk on their own dime. That’s why seven out of 10 owners of those businesses told a Small Business Majority survey they favor a government-run paid leave program.

| Sherrod Brown

A survey conducted by Small Business Majority found that the majority of small business owners support the FTC’s proposed rule, due to the negative impacts noncompete agreements have on small businesses and entrepreneurs, especially in under-resourced communities.

| The White House

John Arensmeyer, CEO, Small Business Majority: “After today’s nomination hearing in the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, we are confident in Acting Secretary Su’s ability to lead the U.S. Department of Labor.

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