Small Business Panel Approves Bill Aimed at Reducing Regulatory Burdens  By Cheryl Bolen, Bloomberg Government The House Small Business Committee approved by voice vote Sept. 18 an amended version of the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act (H.R. 2542) that would require agencies to consider less burdensome… Read more »

Committee Endorses Small-Business Bill By Cristina Marcos, CQ A House panel advanced legislation on Wednesday that would expand requirements for federal agencies… Read more »

Today, the House Small Business Committee will mark up the bipartisan Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013. The bill has the support of 125 business and manufacturing groups and will help ensure a more thorough regulatory process that benefits small businesses. Here is what small business owners have told the Committee at hearings and through the Committee’s… Read more »

POLITICO Pro: Small businesses navigate frustrating tax maze back By Kelsey Snell Politicians never lose support back home when they position themselves as the champion of small business. As the tax reform debate heats up this fall, expect to hear more talk about how the current tax system leaves small businesses with a raw deal. These firms, the argument goes, don’t have the… Read more »

Wall Street Journal: GAO Study Finds Fault With Export Program By Sarah E. Needleman & Adam Janofsky August 14, 2013 The Obama administration's 3½-year-old export program aimed at doubling U.S. exports by 2015 isn't properly managed, said Congress's watchdog arm in a report to be released Wednesday. The Government Accountability Office said the interagency committee that… Read more »

Small Business Panel Presses IRS Over Outreach By Bernie Becker The chairman of the House Small Business Committee is pressing the IRS over letters the agency is sending that he fears companies could find threatening. The IRS, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) says, is currently telling small business owners that they might have underreported their income, based on the reports the agency… Read more »

House Small Business Committee Chairman Urges Withdrawal of EPA Storage Tank Rule By Anthony Adragna, Bloomberg Government The chairman of the House Small Business Committee called on the Environmental Protection Agency Aug. 1 to withdraw its proposed rule on underground storage tanks, saying the agency's regulatory impact analysis has “methodological flaws.” In a letter… Read more »

Washington Business Journals: Bill strips VA of authority over veteran small business contracting program Thursday, July 30, 2013 By Jill R. Aitoro U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., will introduce a bill this week that strips the Department of Veterans Affairs of its control over a program that decides who qualifies to bid for contracts set aside by the agency for veteran small… Read more »

Restaurant Shift: Sorry, Just Part-Time By Julie Jargon, Brenda Cronin and Sarah E. Needleman Ken Adams has been turning to more part-time workers at his 10 Subway sandwich shops in Michigan to avoid possibly incurring higher health-care costs under the new federal insurance law. He added approximately 25 part-time workers in May and June as he reduced some employees'… Read more »

House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing with acting IRS Commissioner, Daniel Werfel, on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 1:00pm titled The Internal Revenue Service and Small Businesses: Ensuring Fair Treatment. The purpose of the hearing is to identify how the agency selects, classifies and audits the tax returns of small… Read more »