House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the impact of sequestration on small business federal contractors. The hearing, titled, Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base, is scheduled to begin at 1:00 P.M. on September 20, 2012 in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office… Read more »
Committee to Hold Hearings on the Fiscal Cliff, Aviation User Fees and Medicare Competitive Bidding Program
The House Small Business Committee, chaired by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), today announced the schedule for the week of September 10, 2012:
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. the Small Business Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology, under the… Read more »
Bloomberg BNA: Republicans Question Authority, Justification, Use of Treasury's Small Business Definition
The administration is using questionable legal authority in its attempt to change the definition of small business, a move which could skew… Read more »
CQ: GOP Lawmakers Criticize Year-Old Report on Defining ‘Small Business’
Two GOP lawmakers are angry with Treasury Department officials for a year-old study that offers a narrower definition of “small businesses” than the one often used by… Read more »
This week, House Republicans are focused on passing legislation that provides regulatory relief for small businesses. Their regulatory cost is 36 percent higher than the costs facing larger companies. Here are… Read more »
Politico: Genachowski draws fire on USF reform
By Eliza Krigman
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski drew fire from House lawmakers Wednesday over the agency’s revamp of the Universal Service Fund.
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How Will Taxmageddon Impact Your Small Business?
Without Congressional action, a large number of tax provisions will expire on December 31, 2012. Many of these expiring provisions were enacted in tax legislation in 2001 and 2003 and reduced marginal income tax rates, marriage penalty rates, and the estate tax. President Obama's plan to expire tax rates for all… Read more »
Wall Street Journal Editorial: 'You Didn't Build That'
On the President's burst of ideological candor...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The Presidential election has a long way to go, but the line of the year so far is President Obama's on Friday: "You didn't build… Read more »
Today, House Small Business Committee Chairman appeared on the Fox Business Network to discuss today's NFIB Small Business Optimism report, showing the lowest level since October 2011. June’s Index of Small Business Optimism dove three points, falling to 91.4. The drop from 94.4 in May marks the largest month-to-month decline since June 2010.
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President Obama today called for increasing taxes on income above $250,000, which would harm many small businesses. In response to this proposal, American small business owners shared their… Read more »