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The Top Ten

Legislation

Are most of these bills on your radar already? Last week marked a busy week on Capitol Hill as lawmakers debated which bills to pull through and which to shelve. Even though this congress has been dubbed the “do nothing” Congress, there was a flurry of search inquiries for bills that are making their way [...]

Budget Control Act: What’s At Stake

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 Casualties

Remember the debt ceiling debate last summer? Yes, the one that was solved only after both parties agreed to automatic across-the-board cuts, known as “sequester” should a deal not be reached  to cut $1.2 trillion from our federal deficit over the next 10 years?  The programs on the block are defense and domestic programs that [...]

Message from Anita Estell: One, two, three SNAP

SNAP

One, two, three SNAP.  Now you see it, now you don’t? We have heard a lot of discussion about how the middle class is being hammered. Even in the comments by Elizabeth Warren that we share today. This is true.  But, the poor are being hammered even more.  More disturbingly, there are efforts underway that threaten [...]

Jumpstart Our Businesses (JOB) Act

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What do you think of the new JOB Act? Last Friday, President Obama signed into law the bipartisan supported Jumpstart Our Businesses (JOB) Act. The bill makes it easier for new businesses to raise capital funding.  A few highlights of the bill can be found below:    Allowing Small Businesses to Harness “Crowdfunding”: The Internet [...]

Representative Paul Ryan’s Budget: Path to Prosperity?

Paul Ryan Path to Prosperity

Is Representative Ryan’s Budget a Path to Prosperity as it is named? Every American of voting age will have to answer that question for him or herself this November when casting a ballot. The 2012 budget that is passed by both chambers of Congress and eventually signed into law by President Obama will effect us [...]

This Week’s Top Ten

Legislation

Have you heard of THOMAS, an online database listing legislative information form the Library of Congress? As you know, we periodically feature a list of the top ten THOMAS bills searched online. This week’s list finds some surprises. The list is compiled from the top ten legislative items searched on THOMAS, compiled on 3/24/2012 from [...]

The Business App Challenge

business application challenge

Do you have an idea for an app that could help businesses grow and create jobs?  A few days ago, the U.S. Department of Commerce kicked off a $10,000 contest for application developers to come up with new ways to use Commerce and other government data to support American businesses and better connect them with available [...]

Resource Launch: BusinessUSA.gov

businessUSA

Are you a small business owner? Have you had a chance to visit BusinessUSA? It’s official, BusinessUSA — a new online platform that will make it easier for businesses to access the services and information they need to help them grow, hire and export, is open for business. Launched with US business owners in mind, as [...]

Insourcing American Jobs Forum – VIDEO

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What was the day all about exactly? Will Businesses Take Note? President Obama recently hosted the first Insourcing American Jobs Forum at the White House. Surrounded by business and civil leaders, the President proposed tax incentives for businesses that adapt the plan to bring jobs back to the US. President Obama talked about his hope for the [...]

Message from Anita Estell: For All of You

Message from Anita Estell

The year of 2011 proved to be an extraordinary season for the participants, petitioners and protestors who fanned freedom’s flames in the U.S. and abroad.  From the fall of the last Pharaoh in Egypt, Khadafi in Libya, to the prancing Tea Party and the mobilization of its antithesis, the Occupy movement, the role of citizen [...]

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