Lawmakers Demand Crackdown on U.S. Program Enriching Wealthy By Danielle Ivory, Elliot Blair Smith and Gopal Ratnam, Bloomberg Government February 22, 2012 Two top lawmakers on small business matters renewed calls for tougher enforcement of the rules in a program that steers government contracts to… Read more »

House Lawmakers Push for Additional Small Business Contracting Reforms By J.D. Harrison … Read more »

  GOP Appropriator Determined to Stop Proposed Revisions to Child Labor Law By Ellyn Ferguson, CQ   A senior Republican appropriator on Thursday vowed to stop the Labor Department from revising agriculture-safety rules for child workers, despite the agency’s decision to reconsider a proposal that farmers and rural lawmakers said could adversely affect family operations. “I… Read more »

Proposed DOL Child Labor Regs Draw Fire From All Sides Agripulse The Department of Labor is likely to be in the hot seat Thursday when a House subcommittee reviews proposed regulations that could restrict how children work on U.S. farms and ranches. The plan, which has generated more than 10,000 public comments, is drawing fire from… Read more »

Bonuses to Be Cut at Agencies Failing Small Business Under Bill By Nick Taborek, Bloomberg Government Thousands of federal government executives risk losing their bonuses under a bill that would establish the first penalties for agencies failing to meet small-business contracting goals. U.S. Representative Sam Graves, a Missouri Republican who chairs the House Small Business… Read more »

Obama's Keystone Pipeline Nix Worries Small Business By Jose Pagliery January 20, 2012 The hopes of some small business owners in the Nebraskan… Read more »

Small Business Committees, Advocates Hesitant to Back Obama’s Restructuring Proposal By J.D. Harrison, Washington Post Lawmakers and small business… Read more »

ObamaCare Insurance Regs Raise Costs, Kill Jobs By Conn Carroll,… Read more »

Graves: "You certainly can't ignore the political connections between the company and the administration.” WASHINGTON, D.C.— Last night, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) participated in a special report by CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on a suspicious $433-million government contract for a smallpox drug. A joint Small Business Committee and Oversight and Government… Read more »

Small Business To Supercommittee: We Need More Certainty In Tax Policy Owner: “There are a lot of things we’re not doing because we are not sure what the tax codes are going to be.” WASHINGTON, DC— During today’s Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access hearing entitled, “Pro-Growth Tax Policy: Why Small Businesses Need Individual Tax Reform,” Chairman Joe… Read more »