Legislative & Political Action Center
Welcome to the Massachusetts Chamber of Business & Industry's legislative and political advocacy action center. Here you'll find all the tools you'll need to contact your State and National legislators.
Your elected officials exist to represent your views and interests, but they need to hear from you to know how to do so. You are in the best position to engage and educate them about how laws and regulations impact your bottom line. The Massachusetts Chamber of Business & Industry provides you with a state-of-the-art Internet tool to impact the political process.
- Grassroots Action Network, which includes email alerts and calls to action on vital small business legislation.
- An electronic subscription to the Massachusetts Chamber of Business & Industry’s E-news.
- Polling on issues related to small business public policy.
April 22, 2008
The House of Representatives is slated to begin debate on passage of their fiscal year 2009 budget the week of April 28th. After passage of the bill, the Senate will digest the House's action and develop their own budget recommendations.
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April 22, 2008
Faced with a revenue shortfall, the House Ways and Means Committee released a $27.99 billion budget for fiscal 2009 that trimmed $109 million from the previous year's budget. The measure, which, incorporated $381 million from increased corporate tax collections and a $1-per-pack cigarette tax, draws $427 million from the state's $2.2 billion reserve account.
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April 22, 2008
The Massachusetts House of Representatives recently passed a bill to raise the state's cigarette tax $1 per pack and to revise certain corporate tax laws to enhance state collections. In response to Governor Deval Patrick's repeated calls for alternative funding solutions from the Legislature, House Speaker Sal DiMasi introduced the cigarette tax while also developing corporate tax code changes including a general corporate excise rate cut.
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April 22, 2008
Faced with the potential loss of federal funds and missed opportunities for the Spring construction season, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a $3.5 billion transportation bond bill during the week of April 10th. While the House sought to pass legislation that merely qualified the Commonwealth for matching federal funds, the Senate signaled its intent to include a number of transportation reforms.
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April 22, 2008
Legislation that requires business owners to pay three times the wages owed to an employee in the event the employee is successful for suing for the unpaid wages became law without the Governor's signature on April 14th. The new law, Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2008, was hotly contested by business organizations, who opposed the measure, and organized labor, who supported it.
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April 22, 2008
Recently the Massachusetts Chamber of Business and Industry engaged the services of Lynch Associates, a well-known Massachusetts lobbying firm, to assist with legislative monitoring and reports to members on government activities.
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March 6, 2008
Where Presidential Candidates Stand on Business Issues? The information reflects the candidates' voting records in Congress as well as what they have said in the presidential debates, during speeches, and on their Web sites as of December 15. The information provided does not cover the candidates' entire policy proposals for each of the selected issues.
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