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  • Washington Post: GSA Failed to Pay Thousands of Small Government Contractors Since 2008
    May 16, 2013 - GSA failed to pay thousands of small government contractors since 2008 By J.D. Harrison, The Washington Post May 16, 2013 An investigation by House lawmakers has revealed that the U.S. General Services Administration failed to fully pay thousands of small federal contractors in the past five years.... More
  • Politico: GOP: Insurance tax hurts small businesses
    May 9, 2013 - GOP: Insurance tax hurts small businesses By Paige Winfield Cunningham, Politico May 9, 2013 House Republicans homed in on the health law’s insurance tax Thursday, saying it’s yet another blow small businesses will have to endure as a result of the law. The health insurance tax will have calamitous... More
  • Steaming Toward the ObamaCare 'Train Wreck'
    Apr 18, 2013 - Steaming Toward the ObamaCare 'Train Wreck' By Karl Rove, The Wall Street Journal April 18, 2013 In congressional testimony last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius blamed Republican governors for her department's failure to create a "model exchange" where consumers could sho... More
  • ACA's Full-Time Work Definition Must Change, Lawmakers, Business Owner Tell Hearing
    Apr 17, 2013 - ACA's Full-Time Work Definition Must Change, Lawmakers, Business Owner Tell Hearing By Bloomberg BNA April 17, 2013 The Republican chairman of the House Small Business Committee, a Democratic committee member, and a small business owner testifying before the panel agreed April 17 that the definition... More
  • Jamie Dimon: Small Businesses Remain Cautious
    Apr 12, 2013 - Jamie Dimon: Small Businesses Remain Cautious By David Benoit April 12, 2013 J.P. Morgan and its Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon painted a bleak picture of the consumer and small business lending environment Friday morning. The bank broadly beat estimates, with a 33% jump in profit to $6.53 billion for... More
  • CQ Roll Call: SBA: GOP Favors Spending Cuts But Frets Over Tax Impacts
    Apr 11, 2013 - CQ Roll Call: SBA: GOP Favors Spending Cuts But Frets Over Tax Impacts By Emily Holden April 11, 2013 Fiscal conservatives are pleased that the president’s budget would trim spending on the Small Business Administration by nearly 12 percent, but Republicans say the proposal’s overall tax policy coul... More
  • Don't Expect Growth from Small Businesses; They've Hit a Wall
    Apr 9, 2013 - Don't Expect Growth from Small Businesses; They've Hit a Wall By Kent Hoover April 9, 2013 The little engine that could just ran out of steam -- after three months of gains, an index of small business indicators dropped in March. The National Federation of Independent Business reports its Small Bus... More
  • Wall Street Journal: Small-Business Insurance-Shopping Feature Is Delayed
    Apr 1, 2013 - Small-Business Insurance-Shopping Feature Is Delayed By Sarah E. Needleman and Louise Radnofsky April 1, 2013 The Obama administration plans to delay a piece of the federal health law designed to help small businesses shop for insurance policies, citing the need for additional time to prepare. The ... More
  • Bloomberg Government: No-Bid U.S. Government Contracts Jump 9% Defying Obama Direction
    Mar 15, 2013 - No-Bid U.S. Government Contracts Jump 9% Defying Obama Direction By Danielle Ivory March 15, 2013 President Barack Obama in 2009 told federal agencies that no-bid contracts were “wasteful” and “inefficient.” Four years later, his administration spent more money on non-competitive contracts than eve... More
  • BNA: Witnesses Tell House Panel Agencies Fail To Measure Rules' Small Business Impacts
    Mar 15, 2013 - Bloomberg BNA: Witnesses Tell House Panel Agencies Fail To Measure Rules' Small Business Impacts March 14, 2013 By Stephen Lee Federal regulators are not paying enough attention to the needs of small businesses and are ignoring legal requirements to modify their rules accordingly, witnesses and Hous... More

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