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 the chairman of the House Committee on Small Business is sending to the… Read more »
The Committee Provides Tools To Help Small Businesses
Overcome Health Care Compliance Challenges
During a tough economic climate, small businesses face many challenges in order to grow and create jobs. One of those challenges is the 2010 health care law and its many mandates, regulatory hurdles, and burdensome requirements. The House Small Business Committee has produced a resource to… Read more »
The Wall Street Journal: Small Firms Fret Over Higher Taxes
December 6, 2012
By Emily Maltby
As President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress debate how to address the nation's deficit and avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, some small-business owners are getting a chance to air their complaints.
On Wednesday, 15 business owners made a case against Mr. Obama's proposal to allow… Read more »
The Hill: GOP-led committee releases guides for implementing health law
By Elise Viebeck
The House Small Business Committee is releasing documents to help businesspeople comply with President Obama's healthcare law.
The panel's Republican leader, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), said his team is dedicated to helping small businesses meet requirements that will take effect in 2013 and 2014.… Read more »
While the President and Congressional Republicans negotiate a plan to avoid the Fiscal Cliff, small business owners shared their opinions on the President’s proposal to raise taxes on income above $250,000 through the… Read more »
Despite Overwhelming Negative Feedback, Obama’s Small Business Chief Unaware of Small Businesses Struggling With Obamacare
SBA Administrator Says She Hasn’t Heard Of Any Small Firms Who Strain To Comply With Obamacare Requirements
Last week, President Obama’s head of the Small Business Administration, Karen Mil that she was unaware that small firms are struggling with Obamacare… Read more »
CQ: After Five Months and No Reply From Sebelius on IT-Related Inquiry, Small Business Panel Complains
November 13, 2012
By John Reichard
The head of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Technology says it’s been five months since she asked HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about federal efforts to protect against injuries from faulty health information technology, and she still has… Read more »
Periscope Maker Closes as Small Vendors Head for Fiscal Cliff
September 20, 2012 12:00AM ET | Bloomberg Government
(Bloomberg) -- After a half-century of making periscopes for armored vehicles, Miller-holzwarth Inc. shut down, having struggled with U.S. military budget cuts and the threat of more reductions to come.
Jennifer Moll, 45, owner of the Salem, Ohio-based… Read more »
Ahead of Thursday's hearing, Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base, American small business owners shared how sequestration will impact their company… Read more »
Bloomberg BNA: Proposal to Raise Top Tax Rates Ignores Challenges for Passthroughs, Witnesses Say
September 13, 2012
Sept. 13 (BNA) - Allowing the top tax rates to rise on households earning more than $250,000 may sound appealing to those looking to reduce the nation's deficit without inflicting more pain on the economy, but witnesses before the House Small Business Committee… Read more »