Letters to Congress
KEY VOTE: Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3)
By SBE Council at 22 May, 2013, 10:43 pm
Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Affordable Energy Dear Member of the U.S. House of Representatives: The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) urges your support for the Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3), which would expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. SBE Council will KEY VOTE H.R. 3 for its forthcoming Ratings of the 113th Congress. [...]
Read More >>SBE Council Supports the Medical Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Improvement Act (H.R. 1634)
By SBE Council at 17 May, 2013, 9:44 am
The Honorable Charles Boustany 1431 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable John Larson 1501 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Boustany and Congressman Larson: The Council for Affordable Health Coverage (CAHC) is a broad-based alliance dedicated to bringing down the cost of health care for all Americans. Our membership [...]
Read More >>Entrepreneurs Support Flexibility for America’s Workforce: Please Support H.R. 1406
By SBE Council at 7 May, 2013, 11:22 am
Dear Member of the U.S. House of Representatives: On behalf of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) and its 100,000 members across the nation, I write in strong support of the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 (H.R. 1406). SBE Council urges you to vote YES on this important legislation that will give [...]
Read More >>SBE Council Joins Coalition Letter in Support of E-Verify Error-Rate Accountability
By SBE Council at 3 May, 2013, 12:40 pm
Dear Member of Congress: We, the undersigned organizations, representing thousands of businesses and millions of Americans from all sides of the political spectrum, write to express our desire for greater accountability in the electronic employment verification (E-Verify) provisions of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (Title III of S. 744). We believe [...]
Read More >>SBE Council Comments on Tax Reform to Working Groups in the U.S. House
By SBE Council at 15 April, 2013, 9:28 am
Tax Reform Working Groups Committee on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives April 15, 2013 On behalf of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) and our 100,000 members and supporters nationwide, I am writing to provide comments to the Tax Reform Working Groups on the effort to reform our nation’s tax system. [...]
Read More >>Statement for the Record on Small Business Tax Reform
By SBE Council at 12 April, 2013, 9:13 am
On April 10, 2013 the House Small Business Committee hosted a hearing on small business tax reform and heard from a variety of witnesses, including Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), who reviewed the small business discussion draft released by the bipartisan working group on tax reform. SBE Council provided comments for the record [...]
Read More >>Startup Act 3.0 (S.310) – SBE Council Support Letter
By SBE Council at 29 March, 2013, 5:55 pm
The Honorable Jerry Moran The Honorable Mark Warner United States Senate United States Senate The Honorable Christopher Coons The Honorable Roy Blunt United States Senate [...]
Read More >>Multi-Industry Group Letter on Entitlement Reform, Fiscal Cliff Action and a Path to Tax Reform
By SBE Council at 14 November, 2012, 2:33 pm
November 14, 2012 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT: The undersigned organizations call on Congress and the President to immediately begin a process to fundamentally restructure our nation’s entitlement programs—Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security—and to put these valued and important programs on a sustainable financial path. Federal Budget Perspective The nonpartisan [...]
Read More >>“Stop the War on Coal Act,” H.R. 3409 Support Letter
By SBE Council at 19 September, 2012, 7:37 pm
September 19, 2012 Dear Member of the United States House of Representatives: The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) urges you to vote for H.R. 3409, the “Stop the War on Coal Act.” This important bill includes common sense measures that will curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) unwarranted and costly regulatory offensive on [...]
Read More >>Letter to President & U.S. Congress on “Fiscal Cliff”
By SBE Council at 12 September, 2012, 3:43 pm
To the President and Members of Congress: The undersigned organizations call on Congress and the President to immediately enact legislation that averts America’s impending fiscal cliff. Failure to address the automatic tax increases and spending cuts would reduce economic growth and could jeopardize economic recovery. It is not responsible to wait until the end of [...]
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