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… Read more »

   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 »

ModernHealthcare.com: Lawmaker Asks HHS for Health IT Oversight Plan By Joseph Conn Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) is following up with HHS on a November 2011 report from the Institute of Medicine that called for increased… Read more »

Obama's Health Care Aid to Small Firms Disappoints By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar … Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

Small Vendor Protests Delay $32 Billion U.S. Drug Contract By Kathleen Miller DMS Pharmaceutical Group Inc. says it’s had enough. After the Department of Veterans Affairs excluded small businesses from its largest contract for the third time, the 25-employee Park Ridge, Illinois, drug… Read more »

    Small Businesses Short-Changed on U.S. Contracts for 10 Years   The U.S. government has missed its small-business contracting goal every year in the past decade, a sign of the continuing barriers facing companies seeking federal work. The government has a target of awarding 23 percent of… Read more »

Associated Press: Small Biz Contracting Leads House Committee Agenda By Joyce Rosenberg … Read more »

  House Committee Calls for Agencies to Justify Bundling of Private Contracts By Eugene Mulero and Danielle Parnass March 22, 2012 In response to growing concerns from small businesses, a House panel Thursday approved a bill that would require federal agencies to justify decisions on bundling contracts when considering bids from private firms. By voice vote, the Small Business… Read more »