NFIB/Kansas: Mark Kahrs Earns 100% Voting Record on Small-Business Issues

TOPEKA — Dan Murray, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, said today that Mark Kahrs achieved a 100 percent voting record in the 2013-14 legislative sessions. "Small business is the engine that drives Kansas’ economy," Murray said. "By supporting small business, Mark Kahrs is supporting working families and the community." NFIB is Kansas’ largest small-business association with over 4,000 dues-paying members representing a cross section of the state’s economy. "Mark Kahrs has stood up for Kansas’ employers and job creators time and time again on important issues such as tax reform and unemployment insurance," he said. "Our members truly appreciate the efforts of Mark Kahrs to help grow our state’s economy and create jobs.” To achieve a 100 percent NFIB/Kansas voting record, Mark Kahrs voted in support of small business on issues such as:
  • Changing the process for nominating people who hear appeals related to workers’ compensation and unemployment claims; the new nominating committee includes a representative from NFIB/Kansas.
  • Allowing small businesses to band together to buy health insurance through self-funded health plans, thereby reducing the cost of coverage for small-business owners and their employees.
  • Opposing a plan to increase the cap on non-economic damages in civil cases.
  • Supporting legislation that would have improved standards for evidence and “expert” witnesses.
  • Making it easier for employers to withhold a portion of a workers’ pay to recover overpayment or the cost of lost or unreturned equipment.
  • Prohibited public-sector employee unions from using members’ dues on political activities.
  • Property-tax transparency.
  • Preventing local governments from mandating minimum wages or benefits that are greater than the benefits required under state or federal law.
  • Improving Kansas’ unemployment insurance program.
  • Protecting property owners from liability in the event someone injures themselves while trespassing.
"I am proud to have a 100% voting record as defined by NFIB, a leading advocate for small business in Kansas. Our efforts the past two years in enacting legislation to help the environment for small business in Kansas have been very important in lifting the Kansas economy and creating jobs for the people of our great state," said Kahrs.

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