Count restaurant owner Scott Womack among the many small business owners nationwide who say they can’t afford the steep fines and mandates loaded upon them by the new health care law.Restaurant owner Scott Womack urges Congress to repeal the employer mandate in the health care law during a House Ways and Means hearing on January 26.Photo: David Bohrer / © U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Just 24 hours after being sworn in as Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) sat down with Free Enterprise staff writer Sheryll Poe to discuss repealing the health care law, cutting federal spending and taxes, and curtailing federal regulation.
The U.S. Chamber’s Campaign for Free Enterprise has partnered with the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour (EET) to educate, engage, and empower the nation’s future job creators.
The housing market continues to struggle as existing home sales in February decreased 0.6% and new home sales were off 2.2%.
As financial regulatory reform continues to move through Congress, the U.S. Chamber is escalating its efforts to improve the bill to create strong capital markets and to ensure that small businesses and entrepreneurs have access to credit.
By Tom Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of CommerceMarch 30, 2010
Despite low interest rates, inflation remains well in check. New residential construction declined, and industrial production growth slowed.
The U.S. Chamber is intensifying its opposition to a partisan Senate financial regulatory reform bill as it heads for a vote in the full Senate as early as this week.“We must fix our broken system--but merely having a bill for its own sake is not lasting reform,” said David Hirschmann, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC). “We must make sure that the reforms put in place will enhance transparency, improve our markets, protect consumers, and create a climate where American businesses can thrive again.”
Two-thirds of more than 1,400 top corporate lawyers and executives surveyed by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) say a state's lawsuit environment is likely to impact business decisions, such as where to locate or expand operations. That is up ten percentage points from just four years ago.
In honor of its 10-year anniversary, the U.S. Chamber's Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) on March 18 launched the “ten” campaign to help educate the public on the history, milestones, and trends in corporate social responsibility.“Ten” is a ten-month multimedia campaign that includes a series of ten top-ten lists, forums, and an interactive portal. BCLC kicked off the campaign with a list of the greatest moments in BCLC history, including most outstanding reports, events, speeches, and initiatives.
