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What Small Business Owners Are Saying About Regulation

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    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…

Politico: Genachowski draws fire on USF reform

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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. …

Small Business Tax Increases on January 1, 2013

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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…

Wall Street Journal Editorial:'You Didn't Build That'

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    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…

Chairman Graves Talks Small Business Optimism on Fox Business

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 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.   CLICK…

Bloomberg Gov't: Measure to Dock Federal Executive Bonuses Weakened by U.S. Panel

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Bloomberg Government: Measure to Dock Federal Executive Bonuses Weakened by U.S. Panel By Nick Taborek May 11, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. congressional committee weakened a proposal that would have automatically eliminated the bonuses of top federal executives whose agencies missed targets for awarding contracts to small businesses.   The bonus-busting measure was proposed in…

Wall Street Journal: CEOs Press Congress on Debt

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Wall Street Journal: CEOs Press Congress on Debt Executives Step Into Deficit Debate Amid Fears of Looming Tax, Spending Measures By Damian Paletta May 11, 2012 WASHINGTON—Top business executives, many of whom sat on their hands during last year's frantic debate about raising the federal debt ceiling, have begun mobilizing and plan to be more vocal in urging Congress to reach…