Legislative Advocacy

2010 Business Agenda: The Maryland Chamber's priorities for the 2010 General Assembly Session.

2009 General Assembly Session Recap: A recap of important business issues considered during the session

Bill Positions: A sortable list of the Maryland Chamber's legislative positions.

Chamber Action Network

The Chamber Action Network (CAN), the Maryland Chamber's grassroots program, is an alliance of Maryland-based chambers of commerce representing 22,000 employers statewide.

CAN uses its website to provide public policy information in new and interactive ways. Members of the Maryland Chamber staff, including our lobbyists, post updates to the CAN Blog. We also posted video updates from Annapolis with our lobbyists and the policy experts who volunteer on Chamber committees. The site includes:

• Issue pages on important public policy topics, as well as priority legislation. These pages will provide simple summaries, useful resources, news links, in addition to more detailed policy positions.
• A Blog that will be frequently updated by Maryland Chamber staff, including our lobbyists, and staff from the other CAN partner organizations.
• Video updates from Maryland Chamber lobbyists in Annapolis, as well as video interviews with policy experts, lawmakers and business people from across the state.
• Grassroots tools to help business people identify and communicate with their legislators.
• A calendar of business-related public policy events from around the state.
• Polls and surveys to seek feedback from business people like you.

We hope you’ll visit www.ChamberActionNetwork.com frequently and encourage your employees and colleagues to do the same. Get involved in our advocacy efforts. Tell us how proposed legislation will impact your business. Use the site’s grassroots tools to communicate with your elected officials. Comment on blog posts that peak your interest. In short, get involved. Your participation will make our pro-business advocacy efforts stronger.

If you have any questions about the site, or ideas on how we can improve it, please contact Will Burns at wburns@mdchamber.org.