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  • Small Firms Fret Over Higher Taxes
    Dec 6, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal: Small Firms Fret Over Higher Taxes December 6, 2012 By Emily Maltby As President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress debate how to address the nation's deficit and avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, some small-business owners are getting a chance to air their complaints.... More
  • The Hill: GOP-led committee releases guides for implementing health law
    Dec 6, 2012 - The Hill: GOP-led committee releases guides for implementing health law By Elise Viebeck The House Small Business Committee is releasing documents to help businesspeople comply with President Obama's healthcare law. The panel's Republican leader, Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), said his team is dedicated t... More
  • CQ: After Five Months & No Reply From Sebelius, Small Business Panel Complains
    Nov 13, 2012 - CQ: After Five Months and No Reply From Sebelius on IT-Related Inquiry, Small Business Panel Complains November 13, 2012 By John Reichard The head of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Technology says it’s been five months since she asked HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about federal efforts ... More
  • Bloomberg Government: Periscope Maker Closes as Small Vendors Head for Fiscal Cliff
    Sep 20, 2012 - Periscope Maker Closes as Small Vendors Head for Fiscal Cliff September 20, 2012 12:00AM ET | Bloomberg Government (Bloomberg) -- After a half-century of making periscopes for armored vehicles, Miller-holzwarth Inc. shut down, having struggled with U.S. military budget cuts and the threat of more re... More
  • Bloomberg BNA: Proposal to Raise Top Tax Rates Ignores Challenges for Passthroughs, Witnesses Say
    Sep 14, 2012 - Bloomberg BNA: Proposal to Raise Top Tax Rates Ignores Challenges for Passthroughs, Witnesses Say September 13, 2012 Sept. 13 (BNA) - Allowing the top tax rates to rise on households earning more than $250,000 may sound appealing to those looking to reduce the nation's deficit without inflicting mor... More
  • Bloomberg BNA : Republicans Question Authority, Justification, Use of Treasury's Small Business Definition
    Sep 6, 2012 - 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 the impact of current tax policy discussions, top con... More
  • CQ: GOP Lawmakers Criticize Year-Old Report on Defining ‘Small Business’
    Sep 6, 2012 - 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 Republicans to argue against tax increases on upper-income ... More
  • Politico: Genachowski draws fire on USF reform
    Jul 19, 2012 - 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. Louisiana Republican Jeff Landry told Genachowski that the waiver struggling carriers can apply for to hel... More
  • ModernHealthcare.com: Lawmaker Asks HHS for Health IT Oversight Plan
    Jun 12, 2012 - 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 public- and private-sector oversight of health information technology. A first-... More
  • Associated Press: Obama's Health Care Aid to Small Firms Disappoints
    May 30, 2012 - Obama's Health Care Aid to Small Firms Disappoints By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar It seemed like a good idea at the time. But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama's health care law that gets strong support in public opinion polls, has turned out to be a dis... More

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