Leading Small Business Organizations Call for Filibuster Carveout to Start Debate on the Freedom to Vote Act
“As a Black woman growing up in the south, I understand the power of the vote! Small business voices are critical and must be protected,” said Chanda Causer, Co-Executive Director of Main Street Alliance. “The Freedom to Vote Act reflects our shared values as Americans, but politics have once again blocked even having a debate on the bill. We need lasting, structural change to reassure small businesses that our democracy is healthy so that we can get to the business of resilient economic recovery. The Senate must do whatever it takes to pass the Freedom to Vote Act.”
4.5+ Million People Call on Congress to Support Home Care for Seniors & People With Disabilities, Affordable Childcare, Paid Family & Medical Leave, Monthly Cash Payments for Families
"Small businesses are demanding programs like paid leave and child care that will help ease the burden of high costs on working families and support entrepreneurs. It's past time to level this playing field. An investment in our overall care economy is an investment in small businesses, and our local community. It is important to move both pieces of infrastructure legislation together. One without the other will limit an equitable or sustainable recovery. Small businesses are watching closely to make sure any investments in our economy are truly investments in an equitable recovery and future.”
Main Street Alliance Releases Tax Fairness Recommendations that would Support Small Businesses as Committees Debate how to Raise Revenue for Build Back Better
Main Street Alliance today released recommendations for tax reform that would support small businesses and their communities. These recommendations come as the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees are building out their tax plans as part of the investments needed in the Build Back Better package.
The draft plan proposed by the House Ways and Means Committee this week is a major step forward in requiring large corporations to pay their fair share, and a critical means of funding the job-creating investments of the Build Back Better plan. Many of the recommendations are included in this plan. However, there is much farther to go to achieve a truly fair tax system for small businesses than large corporations.
Leading Small Business Organizations Join Rep. James E. Clyburn in a Call to Protect Voting Rights
September 9, 2021
Small business owners and community organizations participated in a special event with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn on September 8, 2021, to push back against the laws suppressing Americans' voting rights across the country.
Representatives from Main Street Alliance, Small Business Majority, American Sustainable Business Council, and leading experts in voting rights laws and the legislative process engaged in a discussion on why voting rights are essential to democracy and entrepreneurship.
Fair Lending Advocates Applaud CFPB’s Plan To Shine A Light On Small Business Lending Through Section 1071 Loan Data Collection
September 1, 2021
“We are encouraged by the release of the proposed rule from CFPB on long-overdue and much-needed implementation of Section 1071. Our small business members care about equitable access to credit, especially for women- and BIPOC-owned businesses, who have historically been left out of credit markets. The current data is inadequate to fully understand, let alone remedy, the extent to which discriminatory lending creates credit deserts for small businesses and businesses owned by women and people of color. Collecting this data is key to effectively implementing this rule and ensuring a thriving small business economy,” said Didier Trinh, Director of Policy and Political Impact for Main Street Alliance.