Insurers Not Rushing to SHOP Exchanges
By Jason Millman
June 12, 2013
Obamacare’s new insurance marketplaces for small businesses, which have already stumbled before getting out of the gate, are facing another pressing question just months before millions can sign up for benefits: What happens if insurers don’t show up to… Read more »
While our country's small businesses continue to struggle to produce consistent job growth, the Keystone XL Pipeline would provide a needed boost to our economy. The pipeline will jumpstart… Read more »
Red Tape Record Breakers
By Wall Street Journal
May 19, 2013
President Obama is opposing a bill passed by the House last week that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission to better measure the costs and benefits of new regulations. That's no surprise considering that the latest annual index of federal rules shows that Team Obama is now the red tape record… Read more »
Week Ahead for the Committee: May 20-24
Committee to to Hold Hearing on Challenges for Small Construction Contractors
The House Small Business Committee, chaired by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), today announced the schedule for the week of May 20, 2013:
On Thursday, May 23rd, at 10:00 a.m., the Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, under the chairmanship… Read more »
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.
GSA officials confirmed the error,… Read more »
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 effects as insurers pass down the cost to purchasers in the form of higher… Read more »
Small companies don’t have the resources that large corporations have to focus on regulatory compliance, and as a result, small businesses bear a regulatory cost that is 36% higher than large… Read more »
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 shop for health-insurance coverage in states that don't set up their own… Read more »
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 of full-time workers used in determining whether employers will pay fines… Read more »