DNC Small Business Council

10/06/2026

Our small, independently-owned businesses are under threat by this Administrations proposed changes to the definitions of a small business. Don't let them rig the system to favor big corporations. When our small businesses thrive, so do their neighboring communities! Be like Angie, and support your local small business today.

09/25/2026

Recent surveys show that half of small business owners have had to raise prices, while more than one-fifth have been forced to delay plans to grow or expand.

On November 13, 2025, Small Business Majority released a research report examining the challenges small businesses face from rising healthcare premiums and increased immigration enforcement. The survey found that two-thirds of small business owners view higher healthcare costs as a significant finan...

09/18/2026

TRUMP TARIFFS WREAK HAVOC ON AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Manufacturers and Small Businesses Democrats are working to bring down costs by fighting to block Trump’s tariffs, even as Republicans double down on a trade war that has forced consumers, households, and small businesses to pay an additional $230 billion in one year. This Trump tariff tax hike is forcing entrepreneurs to make tough choices between bearing
the cost themselves, raising prices, cutting jobs, reducing benefits, or taking on debt.

09/01/2026

In Minnesota, business owners squeezed as costs rise, profits fall, Minneapolis Fed survey finds.

Most businesses in the Upper Midwest report that their profits are down from last year, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

08/20/2026

Just a few highlights from our downtown Austin, TX Small Business Listening Tour during the DNC Summer Meeting. Council Chair Mark Robert Gordon led the way!

Officers and members present incl. Andrew Lachman, Samantha H Herring, Clay Middleton, Atticus Francken, Manny Crespín, Christopher Mitchell, Annette Krausse, Judith Canales, Nanda Nunnelly. Thanks for your hard work helping put this together Laura Gross and Omar Ashwi!

08/17/2026

Thank you Chair Martin we loved our Austin tour of Small Business, and The Trap House was an amazing place to eat—we listened and learned to strengthen our fight for America’s Small Business! Workers and Owners we hear you and we have your back!

08/12/2026

DNC Chairman Ken Martin and other top officials from the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) Small Business Council will meet with leaders of the Austin business community during the national DNC meetings!