Two very different companies won’t benefit from the small business jobs bill, says Gene Marks

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STEUBENVILLE – A $30 billion small business lending pool for community banks plus $12 billion in small business tax incentives overcame a filibuster by Senate Republicans Thursday evening on a 60-37 vote.

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Senate Democratic leaders introduced their long-awaited small-business jobs bill on Tuesday – and in an indication of how urgently legislators viewed the matter, the Senate voted to begin debating the measure even before its details were finalized.

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ISLAMABAD (June 26 2010): The National Assembly on Friday approved the Finance Bill 2010 for the next fiscal year with majority vote by rejecting amendments moved by the opposition which triggered a walkout against the budget by Pakistan Muslim League (N). The National Assembly also empowered federal government to levy capital gains tax on securities to be sold on or after July 1, 2010 on …

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Today, the House passed a bill offered by Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24) that would boost oversight and accountability in Washington by ensuring all funds available through a new Small Business Lending Fund are issued based on sound economic fundamentals, not political considerations. Kosmas’ bipartisan legislation builds on a measure offered by her Republican colleagues and requires the Secretary of the Treasury to certify under oath to the Treasury Inspector General that decisions being made for the fund, which would be created under legislation passed last week in the House, are based solely on what will increase the flow of credit to small businesses.

A $30 billion small-business lending bill crafted in part by U.S. Rep. Gary Peters passed the House today, with President Barack Obama calling on the Senate to vote on its version quickly.

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The Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim and the Vancouver mining magnate Frank Giustra have joined Bill Clinton to build a $20-million fund to finance small businesses in Haiti, Canadian broadcaster CTV reports.

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WASHINGTON — A $30-billion small-business lending bill crafted in part by U.S. Rep. Gary Peters passed the House on Thursday, with President Barack Obama calling on the Senate to vote on its version quickly.

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U.S. House approves small business lending bill

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Why did this version of the health Care bill not pass?

• Lowering health care premiums. This plan will lower health care premiums for American families and small businesses, addressing Americans’ number-one priority for health care reform.

• Establishing Universal Access Programs to guarantee access to affordable health care for those with pre-existing conditions. This plan creates Universal Access Programs that expand and reform high-risk pools and reinsurance programs to guarantee that all Americans, regardless of pre-existing conditions or past illnesses, have access to affordable care – while lowering costs for all Americans.

• Ending junk lawsuits. This plan would help end costly junk lawsuits and curb defensive medicine by enacting medical liability reforms modeled after the successful state laws of California and Texas.

• Prevents insurers from unjustly canceling a policy. This plan prohibits an insurer from canceling a policy unless a person commits fraud or conceals material facts about a health condition.

• Encouraging Small Business Health Plans. This plan gives small businesses the power to pool together and offer health care at lower prices, just as corporations and labor unions do.

• Encouraging innovative state programs. This plan rewards innovation by providing incentive payments to states that reduce premiums and the number of uninsured.

• Allowing Americans to buy insurance across state lines. This plan allows Americans to shop for

• Cost: This plan only costs $375 billion instead of the over 1 Trillion of the one that passed.

• This plan does NOT take over the Student loan industry, does NOT create numerous new government entities, does NOT cause existing doctors to quit.

You can read the entire plan below.

http://rules-republicans.house.gov/Media/PDF/RepublicanAlternative3962_9.pdf