HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


Tort Reform Takes One Step Forward

By Rod Kurtz

September 17, 2004 Though perhaps not as exciting as the recent National Waffle Week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Ref...  Read story

Association Health Plans Passes House

By Kevin Ohannessian |  Aug 5, 2005

August 5, 2005 --Association health plans took one step closer to becoming a law last week when a bill to allow their creation passed the ...  Read story

How Do You Spell Relief?

By George Gendron |  Jun 1, 1994

Congress is considering a National Competitiveness Act, which will put teeth into 1980's Regulatory Flexibility Act.  Read story

Unhappy House Democrats Blame Republicans for Stalled SBA Legislation

By Darren Dahl

Sept. 16, 2004 --The House of Representatives passed its fourth temporary lifeline to the Small Business Administration in less than a yea...  Read story

Congress Establishes National Entrepreneurship Week

By Jasmine D. Adkins |  Jun 9, 2006

The first annual celebration will kick off in 2007.  Read story

Overtime Reform Overdoses on Politics

By Jess McCuan |  Jul 1, 2004

Overtime, overwrought.  Read story

Polishing The Apple

By Milton D. Stewart |  Feb 1, 1983

Federal legislation might have given computer companies a tax break for giving equipment to schools. But the bill stirred up its share of controversy.  Read story

House Race Sealed

By Carole Matthews

Nov. 3, 2004 --While the presidential election still remains in limbo this morning, the House of Representatives' future has been sealed b...  Read story

Comp Time

Comp Time, or Compensatory Time, is an alternate way of rewarding overtime work. Instead of paying an hourly employee time-and-a-half for work done over t...  Read story

Congress Votes to Extend Ban on Internet Access Taxes

By Michael Aneiro

Congress last week passed legislation that extends by three years the prohibition of states and localities from imposing "discriminatory" taxes on electro...  Read story

Patent Law Reform Proposed

By Priya Ganapati |  May 10, 2005

May 10, 2005 --A bill that proposes amendments to the U.S. Patents Act is likely to be introduced in the House of Representatives before J...  Read story

Fairer Class Action

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Aug 1, 2003

Small-business lobbies are hailing a bill that will make it harder to win a class-action lawsuit.  Read story

House Bill Keeps Small Business Investment Deduction

By Matt Quinn

July 23, 2004 -- The House of Representatives voted unanimously for legislation that keeps a tax benefit for small business investments i...  Read story

Small Business, Not All Business

By Rhonda Abrams |  Nov 13, 2002

The Republican Party controls the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. What does that mean for small business? Rhonda Abrams challenges...  Read story

White House Throws Pensions A Curve

By Ari Weinberg

Steel, auto and airline companies were about to feel good about retiree drug benefits. Now this.  Read story

Public Policy: What Does Business Really Want from Government?

By Tom Richman |  May 15, 1995

This article explains how government must reinvent economic and regulatory policies to match today's marketplace.  Read story

Senate Approves Corporate Tax Cuts

By Michael Aneiro

Oct. 12, 2004 --Congress voted Monday to approve an inclusive $140 billion corporate tax-cut bill in the hopes of defusing ongoing Europea...  Read story

Seedbeds;

By Joshua Hyatt |  Apr 1, 1986

VENTURE CAPITALIST DAVID Silver just wanted to buy technology from Los Alamos National Scientific Laboratory, in New Mexico, a few years ago. But from th...  Read story

Senate Targets Payroll Tax Scam

By Nadine Heintz |  Aug 1, 2004

Taking on payroll-tax scam artists.  Read story

Export Controls: Showdown In The Senate

Oct 1, 1986

House-backed bill would reduce restricted goods by 40%.  Read story

The Entrepreneurial Year That Was

By Max Chafkin |  Dec 1, 2006

It was a best-of-times-worst-of-times year. Despite fears over housing and oil prices, the economy expanded and the Fed stopped raising interest rates. How m...  Read story

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits any employer from refusing to hire, discharge, or otherwise discriminate against any individual ...  Read story

Employment Lines

By Marisa Manley |  Jun 1, 1988

Some guidelines for getting the information you need from job applicants -- without breaking the law  Read story

Energy Bill Passed by House

By Jonathan Steiman |  Apr 26, 2005

April 26, 2005 --The House of Representatives passed an energy bill on Thursday that increases energy reliability, but favors the establis...  Read story

Who Loves You More? A Debate Between Partisans

Jun 1, 1983

GOP: What's good for America is good for small business. Democrats: What's good for small business is good for America.  Read story

What Does a Democratic Takeover of Congress Mean for Your Company?

By Angus Loten |  Nov 8, 2006

Leading small-business experts say the shift in power could result in more scrutiny for the SBA and federal contracts, but also higher taxes and a minimum-wa...  Read story

House Passes CAFTA

By Max Chafkin |  Jul 28, 2005

July 28, 2005 --In highly contested voting that continued into the early morning Thursday, the House of Representatives narrowly approved ...  Read story

House Votes to Limit Option Expensing

By Matt Quinn

July 22, 2004 -- In a victory for start-ups that offer employee stock options in lieu of pay, the House of Representatives overwhelming v...  Read story

Small Business, Congress, And A "litmus Paper" Bill

By Milton D. Stewart |  Feb 1, 1982

Never has the small business community had so clear a chance to serve its country as it has in the new congressional session. The Small Business Innovati...  Read story

House Restores Funding For SBA Loans

By Matt Quinn

July 9, 2004 -- The House of Representatives approved funding for the Small Business Administration on Wednesday that the agency would ra...  Read story

Bush Supports Small Business Health Plan

By Matt Quinn

June 23, 2004 -- Last week, President Bush offered his support for legislation that would allow small businesses to band together across ...  Read story

Association Health Plans Gain Traction in Senate

By Ryan J. McCarthy |  Mar 2, 2006

A Senate committee will consider a bill that could make insurance more affordable for small businesses.  Read story

Gender Discriminations

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An Open Letter To The National Party Chairman

By Milton D. Stewart |  Oct 1, 1983

Your small business advisory groups could make 1984 a memorable year for legislative issues.  Read story

Crucial Small Business Votes In Congress

Jun 1, 1981

SENATE Republican Policy Committee John Tower (Tex.), chairman Robert Dole (Kans.) Pete Domenici (N. Mex.) Orrin Hatch (Utah...  Read story

Marketing: Selling the Superstores

By Susan Greco |  Jul 1, 1995

A 15-week, nationwide campaign is followed to learn how to get shelf space at the country's hottest retail chains.  Read story

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