Posts Tagged ‘ politics ’

Advocacy Chief Counsel Nominee Remains in Limbo

Jul 13th, 2010 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Podcasts

Sometimes, Washington still has the power to surprise me.
Take this debacle with the nomination of Dr. Winslow Sargeant. Personally, given that it is not required by statute for the Chief Counsel of the SBA Office of Advocacy to be a lawyer, Senator Olympia Snowe’s intransigence about it strikes me as being a bit unreasonable … [...]

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Tags: federal budget, financing, microbusiness, politics, Presidential nominations, research
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New Capital Access Effort Passes Committee

May 24th, 2010 | By Dawn Rivers | Category: Podcasts

So, yeah, it’s Small Business Week.
Are you excited?
Last week, President Obama signed the relevant proclamation, which proclaimed, in part:
In this year’s State of the Union address, I proposed creating a $30 billion lending fund to help increase the flow of credit to small businesses, and I call on the Congress to pass this legislation [...]

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Tags: economy, employment, microbusiness, politics, research, small business lending
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