Michigan Chamber's 2009-2010 Legislative Priorities
Agenda for Economic Competitiveness
The Michigan Chamber listens carefully to its 7,000 members across the state and turns that input into advocacy and action to help improve Michigan's economic competitiveness.
On February 2, 2009, the Michigan Chamber announced its legislative priorities for the 2009-2010 legislative session. These priorities were reviewed and approved January 29, 2009 by the Michigan Chamber’s 84-member Board of Directors.
Over 500 business leaders from across the state were directly involved in establishing the Michigan Chamber’s 2009-2010 legislative priorities which address eight issue areas: budget and tax policy; energy and telecommunications; health care reform; lawsuit abuse; protecting employer rights in the workplace; transportation investment; and workforce development and student achievement.
The Chamber’s legislative priorities for 2009-2010 are intended to focus policy makers’ attention on the economic challenges facing Michigan and to offer pro-jobs solutions to those problems.
Whenever possible, Chamber staff will work across party lines with elected officials in both legislative chambers to shape good public policy, and will hold lawmakers accountable when they stray.
The voting record of State Senators and State Representatives on these priorities and other key issues that may emerge over the next two years will become the Chamber’s 2009-2010 Legislative Voting Record: A Competitiveness Scorecard for Michigan. Any legislator seeking re-election to the same office who has a 75 percent or better voting record with the Michigan Chamber will be eligible to receive an earned endorsement for election in 2010.
The Michigan Chamber’s legislative priorities are not an exhaustive list of the Chamber’s position on every important issue that might be considered over the next two years. Rather, they are a communication to the Legislature, administration, news media and general public highlighting what Chamber members believe state government should or should not do within the legislative and regulatory arena to encourage job creation and economic growth.
The Chamber’s 2009-2010 legislative priorities address eight issue areas: budget and tax policy; energy and telecommunications; environmental quality; health care reform; lawsuit abuse; protecting employer rights in the workplace; transportation investment; and workforce development and student achievement.
For further information about these legislative priorities, contact the Michigan Chamber's Business Advocacy Department at (517) 371-2100.
2009-2010 Legislative Priorities
Protecting Employer Rights in the Workplace
Transportation Investment
Workforce Development & Student Achievement
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