Posts Tagged ‘ reauthorization ’

How Many Bills Does It Take To Finance Small Businesses?

Oct 12th, 2009 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Politics & Policy

Last week, the Finance and Tax Subcommittee of the House Committee on Small Business completed mark-up of SBA capital access reauthorization legislation. That is a good start on the self-imposed October 31st deadline established by the most recent continuing resolution. In fact, the subcommittee passed a whopping eight bills up to the full committee following [...]



Reauth, Spending Bills Still Need To Happen

Sep 28th, 2009 | By Dawn R. Rivers | Category: Politics & Policy

You can’t tell from reading the news but members of Congress have other things to do besides fight about health care reform. They have to fight about global climate change and energy policy. They have to fight about re-writing the rules for the financial services industry. And, under the category of housekeeping, they have to [...]