{"id":25885,"date":"2021-10-06T10:43:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T14:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=25885"},"modified":"2021-10-06T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:25:38","slug":"senate-cosponsors-of-save-local-business-act-increases-following-cfif-led-coalition-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/25885\/senate-cosponsors-of-save-local-business-act-increases-following-cfif-led-coalition-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Cosponsors of Save Local Business Act Increases Following CFIF-Led Coalition Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/images\/pdfs\/CFIF-SAVE-LOCAL-BUSINESS-ACT-COALITION-LETTER-8.2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a letter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0sent at the end of August, a coalition of more than two dozen prominent free-market organizations and individuals, led by the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF), <a href=\"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/press-room\/5630-cfif-leads-coalition-urging-congress-to-support-the-save-local-business-act\"><strong>urged Congress<\/strong><\/a> to pass the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3185\/S. 1636).<\/p>\n<p>The Save Local Business Act, which is sponsored by Representative James Comer (R-KY) in the U.S. House and Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) in the U.S. Senate, would restore decades of commonsense labor law norms and protect our nation\u2019s employers against a radical redefinition of the nature of employment that creates uncertainty for struggling businesses across the nation and subjects them to unfair and unreasonable legal liability.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the legislation would amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to restore the definition of \u201cJoint Employer\u201d to businesses that \u201cdirectly, actually, and immediately exercise significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Good news! Since the coalition letter was sent, the number of U.S. Senate cosponsors of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/senate-bill\/1636\/cosponsors?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Save+Local+Business+Act%22%2C%22Save%22%2C%22Local%22%2C%22Business%22%2C%22Act%22%5D%7D&amp;r=2&amp;s=1\">Save Local Business Act<\/a><\/strong> has increased by eight &#8212; bringing the total number of cosponsors to 13.\u00a0 They include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]* 05\/13\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]* 05\/13\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]* 05\/13\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]* 05\/13\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]* 05\/13\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] 09\/13\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] 09\/13\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] 09\/14\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] 09\/20\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Wicker, Roger [R-MS] 09\/20\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Lummis, Cynthia [R-WY] 09\/23\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] 09\/30\/2021<br \/>\nSen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] 10\/04\/2021<\/p>\n<p>If your Senators are no included in the cosponsor list above, please call them today and urge them to cosponsor this important legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Find\u00a0 the contact information for your Senators <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/senators-contact.htm?OrderBy=state&amp;Sort=ASC\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Or, call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. A switchboard operator will connect you directly with your Senators&#8217; offices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0a letter\u00a0sent at the end of August, a coalition of more than two dozen prominent free-market organizations and individuals, led by the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF), urged Congress to pass the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3185\/S. 1636). 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