As infrastructure spending bills move forward in Congress, NFIB members are speaking out against Congress’ proposed tax increases and new mandates. See what they’re saying.

The Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program is still open for applications, and it’s been recently revised to make applying easier than before.

As Congress considers piling on tax increases for small business, a new survey of owners conducted by the NFIB Research Center shows federal income and payroll taxes remain significant costs and administrative burdens for small businesses.

NFIB’s monthly Small Business Economic Trends (SBET) report found that the gains in small business optimism from earlier in the summer have been reversed, as the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined 2.8 points in July to 99.7.

Forty-nine percent of owners reported unfilled positions in July, the highest number ever recorded in the 48-year history of NFIB's Jobs survey. A record-high number of owners are also raising compensation to attract more qualified workers.