Small Business News

| Office of Rep. Nikki Budzinski

The Rebuild Rural America Act has been endorsed by the Rural Coalition, the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives, the Appalachian Citizens Law Center, the Rural Community College Alliance and Small Business Majority.

| Senator Bob Menendez

“Unregulated, predatory lenders come with the promise of fast cash for small businesses; however, these lenders often use bait and switch tactics that can send a business into financial ruin. For years predatory lenders have been able to skirt transparency and trick small business owners into repaying a loan at exorbitant rates. As small businesses recover from myriad challenges stemming from the pandemic, we cannot allow them to be taken advantage of any longer.

| Office of Senator Maggie Hassan

The SITE Act is endorsed by Americans For Prosperity, Arnold Ventures, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, National Taxpayers Union, Hoosiers for Affordable Healthcare, Employer’s Forum of Indiana, Centennial State Prosperity and Small Business Majority.

| Bloomberg

Before the pandemic, Paloma Clothing in Portland, Oregon, often offered employees a pay bump of as much as 3% at the start of every year. But inflation changed that equation.

| Inland Empire Business Journal

Alfonso Garcia De Alba Rubio is a proud Mexican national and mechanic business owner in Fontana. His undocu-hustle journey began after he moved to the United States in 2006, with nothing more than a dream, skills in the auto mechanic industry, and a strong work ethic.

| Office of Senator Ben Cardin

Since he was first nominated for this position, Syed’s nomination received broad support in the small business community, earning endorsements from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Black Chambers, National Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship, Small Business Roundtable and Small Business Majority.

| American Economic Liberties Project

A Small Business Majority poll, conducted in April, found that 59% of small businesses support the FTC’s proposed rule, with only 14% opposing the ban.

| CT Mirror

“The meat of transparent lending has to include APR, and it has to apply to all financing products,” said Awesta Sarkash, policy director with Small Business Majority.

| Politico

As the clock ticks on Su, the Small Business Majority and the Maine Small Business Alliance are doing a six-figure print and digital ads push in Arizona, West Virginia and Maine urging senators from those states to confirm Su.

| Inc. Magazine

Small businesses are continuing to recover from the pandemic, so "reducing support for these programs hampers long-term recovery efforts," according to John Arensmeyer, the CEO and founder of the Washington, D.C.-based small business group Small Business Majority.

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