A true friend of small business can be found in each ‘yes’ and ‘no’ in the roll call
A new session of the Minnesota Legislature opens this week with a big pair of eyes watching its every move and a pencil in hand marking down its every vote on issues vital to the survival of small businesses in the state.
Every elected official claims to be a friend of small business—it’s a matter of political necessity. Nearly nine in ten adults (89 percent) report a positive view of small businesses, according to Morning Consult. “These positive sentiments extend across party lines … Republicans (92 percent positive) and Democrats (90 percent positive) are united in their appreciation for small business.”
But, once elected, do legislators act as a friend of small business? At the end of each session, NFIB tallies each lawmaker’s votes on small-business issues and publishes its state voting records—the measurement of deeds, not words.
Click the graphic below to see how returning incumbents voted in the last session and keep an eye out for their 2019 voting record later this year.
