SBA Reauthorizaion Begins in the Senate
Jun 15th, 2009 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: PodcastsIn spite of the fact that our new President marched triumphantly into the White House on euphoric waves of his Change mantra, there is a disconcerting sameness about Congress and its dealings with small business issues.
In fairness, some things have changed. For example, the rancid partisanship that had infected both the Small Business Committees during the tenure of President Bush seem to have fallen by the wayside — and that in spite of the fact that the relatively moderate Don Manzullo and the relatively reasonable Steve Chabot have been replaced by the rabidly partisan Sam Graves as top Republican on the House Small Business Committee.
All of which makes it more pleasant to watch the doings of said committees … as they take care of last century’s business.
Of course, some things just need to be done (like SBA reauthorization) but there isn’t much happening on Capitol Hill right now that reflects the new ways of doing business that are happening every day out here in the real world.
Then again, some would it’s good that Congress is behind the curve. It keeps the lawmakers from sticking their noses into what we’re doing and messing it up for us.
For more information:
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Development Act of 2009 (S. 1229) (THOMAS)
- House Committee on Small Business
- SBA Office of Advocacy
