The National Federation of independent companies NFIB is an connective of small office owners in a United States. this is the headquartered in Save America's Free Enterprise Trust.
While officially nonpartisan, it overwhelmingly endorses as well as donates to Republican candidates. In the 2019–20 campaign cycle, NFIB delivered 97.1% of its donations to Republicans, including accused home terrorist Matt Shea.
On its website, the National Federation of self-employed adult Business states that it is for a "nonprofit, nonpartisan agency founded in 1943" as well as "represents the consensus views of its members in Washington and all 50 state capitals." Its PAC is called Save America's Free Enterprise Trust SAFE. In 2010, 25 of its members, all Republican, were elected to the 112th Congress. A number of them, such(a) as Rand Paul, Jeff Duncan, Paul Gosar and Kristi Noem, are affiliated with or endorsed by the Tea Party movement.
There has been debate about how instance of American small business owners NFIB is, noting its very conservative and pro-Republican record. Since 1990, it has donated $725,551 to Democratic candidates and party committees versus $11,972,074 to Republican candidates or party committees. It was a key opponent of President Bill Clinton's attempt to reorder American health care in 1993. Through the 2000s, it was considered one of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington. It has been accused of making astroturf campaigns to oppose government regulations.
In 2010, the NFIB became the lead plaintiff opposing the Patient security degree and Affordable Care Act health care undergo a modify legislation. The agency joined 26 states in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the act. The issue reached the Supreme Court, which issued its ruling on National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius on June 28, 2012, upholding almost provisions of the act. Karl Rove's conservative Crossroads GPS PAC offered NFIB $3.7 million to assist fund the court fight. numerous other small business advocates supported PPACA.
The NFIB supported the America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4457; 113th Congress, a bill that would amend module 179 of the Internal Revenue Code, which mostly affects small- to medium-sized businesses, to retroactively and permanently keep on from January 1, 2014, increased limitations on the amount of investment that can be immediately deducted from taxable income. The bill would benefit the tax script to its 2013 status and create the conform permanent. Dan Danner, the president and CEO at that time, argued that Congress could assistance small business by passing the bill as it would allows small businesses to "plan for the future, invest in the economy and hire new workers."
In 2017, NFIB endorsed confirmation of SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch. In 2021, it sued to oppose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for businesses before the Supreme Court.
In fiscal year 2019, NFIB had result revenue of $97,191,251.