Financial Rescue Package Is Saved
By Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The IRS is now offering its free Small Business/Self-Employed Tax Calendar for 2009. The 12-month wall calendar includes in-depth business tax information and day-to-day reminders of when business taxes are due.
The U.S. Chamber congratulates President-elect Barack Obama and the newly elected members of Congress and vows to work with them to help quickly restore economic growth, ensure a smooth transition of power, and tackle the many serious issues facing the country.
ColoradoLabor, Business Join Together To Defeat Ballot Measures
Strategies for Economic Growth and ProgressExcerpted from Politico.comCaroline JoinerVice President, Global Intellectual Property CenterU.S. Chamber of Commerce
With worries about the economy foremost in their minds, U.S. voters overwhelmingly support American businesses and approve of the U.S. Chamber's agenda to lower taxes, expand trade, modernize the nation's infrastructure, improve energy security, and protect workers' right to a private vote, according to a new poll released last week.
ConnecticutRell Proposes Lending Pool—Gov. Jodi Rell (R) will push for a five-part bank reform plan that includes a loan pool of $1 million or more for small businesses temporarily struggling to qualify for loans. The loan pool would be funded by community banks across the state.Source: The Day
Congress went on recess last week without passing legislation to stimulate the sagging economy or to provide aid to the Big Three automakers. Lawmakers did, however, pass a bill to extend unemployment benefits an additional 7 to 20 weeks. President Bush signed the bill into law on November 21.
