This past Thursday at 10 p.m. the U.S. Senate voted to include a proposed Small Business Lending Fund as part of a larger bill called the Small Business Jobs Act. The purpose of the overall bill is to increase private sector lending and provide tax breaks to small businesses. All the national data shows that […]
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What do you think are the odds that this is only a coincidence: Just days after I slam the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its president Tom Donohue in the media across the country, and in the Congressional newspaper The Hill, I get a mysterious visitor looking for tax records? How about zero chance? An
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Wall Street Reform Passes the U.S. Senate First, thanks to everyone who contacted the targeted U.S. Senators asking them to support Wall Street reform. The Senate voted for cloture this morning and then voted 60-39 this afternoon to pass the bill. Congratulations to all! Now all that remains is for the President to sign the bill into
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Dorfman (left) in action This morning I joined Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) and Margot Dorfman, CEO of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, in a press teleconference call on why passing Wall Street Reform is important to small businesses. You can read my prepared statement below and hear the entire press conference by clicking here.
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Today’s edition of The State ran my op.ed on using procurement codes to aid state and local economies. ————————————————————————————————————- The city of Columbia will be making needed water and sewer upgrades over the next five years to the tune of about $500 million. With this much money to be spent, City Council is wrestling with an
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You heard me tell you this before: Image: SustainabilityNinja.com All the economists say that small businesses must lead us out of this stalled economy by creating the new jobs that we need. This obviously isn’t happening, since only 83,000 private sector new jobs were created last month in the entire country. (See Brad Warthen’s tidy
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The Saluda Dam On Wednesday, the S.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) approved an electric rate hike for SCE&G that was 48.75% less than the company’s request. The 4.88% increase instead of a 9.52% hike was good news for all SCE&G customers, including small businesses. The increase will take place over 3 years instead of the
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Affordable health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions will now be available to those who successfully enroll in a new high-risk insurance pool starting July 1st. Enrollment will be done through a new portal, http://www.healthcare.gov, which will go on-line that day. One of the features of the health care reform law passed in March was the
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In Toronto yesterday the 19 big-economy nations that make up the G-20 (yes, there are only 19 countries) agreed that each should try to cut their deficits in half by 2013. The day before 19 U.S. city gatherings (yes, really there were 19) brought about 3500 people together in a national discussion called “America Speaks:
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“Are you going to come out in support of Vincent Sheheen?” That was the question raised to me yesterday in a telephone call from a friend. After all, the State Chamber re-upped on their Sheheen endorsement this week. “No,” I said, “the Small Business Chamber doesn’t endorse candidates.” That has been our position since I
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