Senate Fails to Act on SBIR Bill
May 4, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Senate earlier today failed to act on the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 (S. 493). A motion for cloture offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) failed to garner the needed 60 votes, primarily due to the insistence by Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)...
READ MOREPresident Signs 1099 Repeal Bill
April 15, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – The President last night signed legislation, H.R. 4, to repeal the expanded 1099 reporting provision that was included as a pay-for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(PPACA). If allowed to run its course, this provision would have drastically expanded the number...
READ MORENew NSBA Survey on Small Business and Taxes
April 11, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – The National Small Business Association (NSBA) today released the 2011Small Business Taxation Survey. Released one week prior to the April 18 tax deadline, this survey provides detailed insight on how America’s small-business community is being impacted by federal taxes. In short: complexity and...
READ MORENSBA Statement on the Potential Government Shutdown
April 8, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – The National Small Business Association (NSBA) today weighed in on the looming government shutdown and how it would likely impact America’s small-business owners. NSBA President Todd McCracken had this to say: “Although NSBA is hopeful that Democratic and Republican leaders will work to...
READ MORENSBA Applauds Passage of 1099 Repeal
April 5, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – The Senate today passed legislation to repeal the expanded 1099 reporting provision that was included as a pay-for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). This egregious provision would have drastically expanded the number of companies on which small firms must file a...
READ MORENSBA Board Member Testifies Before Congress
March 11, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, David Ickert, of Air Tractor, Inc. in Olney, Texas and a former chair of the Small Business Exporters Association (SBEA)—the international trade arm of NSBA—testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade. The hearing,...
READ MORENSBA President Joins Sen. Durbin in Support of Swipe Fee Reform
March 10, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – Today, NSBA President Todd McCracken joined Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) at the Capitol in support of swipe fee reform. McCracken and Durbin were joined by nearly 100 small-business owners as they urged Congress and the Federal Reserve (the Fed) to protect commonsense swipe fee...
READ MORENSBA Releases Top 10 Priorities
March 2, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – NSBA today unveiled the result of its small-business members’ votes on the organization’s top 10 priority issues for the 112th Congress. Following last week’s Small Business Congress where members heard from myriad policy experts and debated more than 30 different issues facing small business,...
READ MORENSBA to Co-Host Press Call on Swipe Fee Reform
February 15, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 mbrogan@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – In advance of the eighth public hearing on debit and credit card swipe fees, Todd McCracken will join Main Street business owners and advocates on a press call TOMORROW, Feb. 16 at 1:00 p.m. EST to stress the importance of swipe fee reform for merchants...
READ MOREObama Announces Intent to Nominate NSBA President to Advisory Committee
February 11, 2011Contact: Molly Brogan 202-552-2904 press@nsba.biz Washington, D.C. – President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate NSBA President and CEO Todd McCracken to the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations. The Advisory Committee is tasked with providing policy advice on trade matters to the U.S. Trade Representative. In his...
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