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  • 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
  • Wall Street Journal: Camp Steps Up Small-Business Tax Push
    Mar 12, 2013 - Wall Street Journal: Camp Steps Up Small-Business Tax Push By John D. McKinnon March 12, 2013 House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp stepped up his push for a tax-overhaul bill on Tuesday, releasing a draft of legislation that could simplify how millions of small firms organize and operate for tax ... More
  • Health Week Ahead: Florist Seeks Help on Health Law Compliance
    Mar 4, 2013 - Health Week Ahead: Florist Seeks Help on Health Law Compliance By Alex Wayne, Bloomberg News A florist and a plumber are among those who will testify before Congress this week on how small businesses will deal with with rules that may require them to offer health insurance to their employees. While... More
  • NY Times: A New Web Site Warns Small-Business Owners of Coming Regulations
    Feb 1, 2013 - A New Web Site Warns Small-Business Owners of Coming Regulations By Robb Mandelbaum, The New York Times Long concerned that small businesses are over-regulated by the federal government, Republicans in Congress have enlisted business owners to make that case directly to the rule makers. On Thursday... More
  • Bloomberg: Small Business Owners to Hear from Congress
    Jan 31, 2013 - Small Business Owners to Hear from Congress By Steve Walsh, Bloomberg Government Call it “reverse lobbying.” Republicans on the House Small Business Committee think the companies they serve don’t know enough about pending regulations, and they intend to change that. The committee plans to send mont... More
  • Politico: Supporters, critics square off on small business regulations
    Jan 31, 2013 - Supporters, critics square off on small business regulations By Erica Martinson, Politico While fighting federal regulations often falls to big business, new efforts are afoot from the left and the right to shine a light on the regulatory process for the little guys. On Thursday, House Small Busine... More
  • Energy & Environment Daily: New GOP site aims to mobilize small businesses against rulemaking
    Jan 31, 2013 - New GOP site aims to mobilize small businesses against rulemaking By John McArdle, Environment and Energy Daily House Small Business Committee Republicans today will launch a new effort aimed at getting small business owners more involved in the federal rulemaking process. "Small Biz Reg Watch" is ... More
  • Washington Post: Obama signs legislation to deliver more government contracts to small businesses
    Jan 4, 2013 - Obama signs legislation to deliver more government contracts to small businesses By J.D. Harrison, Washington Post Washington’s elected officials are taking new steps to direct more government work to small businesses, just as contractors are bracing for massive spending cuts in the face of sequest... More
  • Bloomberg Gov't: H.R. 6504, Loan Guarantees to Small Business
    Dec 18, 2012 - Bloomberg Government: Bill Summary: H.R. 6504, Loan Guarantees to Small Business December 18, 2012 By Timothy R. Homan Limits for guaranteeing loans to participants in the Small Business Investment Company Program would be increased by $125 million under H.R. 6504. The measure would increase to $350... More
  • House Small Business Chairman Pushes Back on Essential Benefits Rule
    Dec 12, 2012 - CQ: House Small Business Chairman Pushes Back on Essential Benefits Rule December 12, 2012 By Jane Norman Small businesses are concerned about the costs of the health care law’s essential health benefits provisions as more information emerges about how they will be implemented, according to a letter... More

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