How Did They Treat Small Business?
Whether it’s existing laws and regulations that need changing, or legislation that impacts small business, NFIB members vote twice each year on federal and state issues, and that mandate determines NFIB’s policy positions and priorities in its fight for the rights of small businesses. NFIB also tracks and keeps members of Congress accountable for their votes on key small business issues and awards those who truly stand with small business the Guardian of Small Business Award.
Guardians of Small Business
NFIB holds members of Congress accountable for the way they vote on key small business issues by notifying them of designated Key Votes and tracking whether each legislator votes with America’s small businesses. This information is regularly published in NFIB’s How Congress Voted reports as a clear record of legislators’ votes on small business issues.
Legislators who voted with small business on key issues 70 percent or more of the time during the 116th Congress earn NFIB’s Guardian of Small Business Award for lawmakers who small businesses can truly count on. See if your lawmaker made the list.
How Congress Voted
NFIB holds members of Congress accountable for the way they vote on key small business issues by notifying them of designated Key Votes and tracking whether each legislator votes with America’s small businesses. This information is regularly published in NFIB’s How Congress Voted reports as a clear record of legislators’ votes on small business issues.
Key Votes
The results of NFIB’s federal-level one member, one vote balloting system inform NFIB’s policy positions and the legislation that NFIB designates a Key Vote in U.S. Congress. NFIB asks legislators to support these consensus views of small business owners and reminds members of Congress their votes are being monitored and will be reported back to NFIB members in the How Congress Voted report.
U.S. House Key Votes for the 116th Congress
- Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7)
- Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act (H.R. 987)
- Raise The Wage Act (H.R. 582)
- Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019 (H.R. 748)
- Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (H.R. 2513)
- Protecting Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2474)
- Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 266)
- Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (H.R. 7010)
- H. Res. 1053 for the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395)
- Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (H.R. 133)
U.S. Senate Key Votes for the 116th Congress
- Murray/Gillibrand Amendment to Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201)
- Sasse/Graham/Scott (SC)/Scott (FL)/Cruz Amendment to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (S.3548)
- Delivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools, and Small Businesses Act (S. 178)
- Continuing the Paycheck Protection Program Act
- Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (H.R. 133)
One Member, One Vote
As a member-driven organization, NFIB relies on – and has for more than 75 years – a one member, one vote balloting system for its small business owner members. Twice each year, approximately 300,000 NFIB members are asked to vote on timely small business policies, answering questions about their positions on small business legislative and regulatory issues. Small business owners’ responses to annual ballot questions guide NFIB’s policy positions at a state and federal level.
