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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Posted by Molly Nelson - The Obama Administration recently released its $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011. In addition to proposals to overhaul the health care system and energy policies, the budget includes more money for education, civilian research, food and drug safety and biomedical research. Along with $33 billion for a small business wages tax cut to encourage hiring and wage increases, the budget also has a proposal to change regulations relating to the use of independent contractors.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Posted by Molly Nelson - The Obama administration recently announced new initiatives to help American small businesses access credit and create jobs.
The three new measures discussed by President Barack Obama were: Working to improve access to credit for small firms by making lower-cost capital available to small banks that present small business lending plans and to Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that lend to small businesses in the hardest-hit rural and urban areas. Seeking legislation to increase the maximum size of three types of SBA loans - increasing the maximum loan size of 7(a) loans from $2 million to ...
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Posted by Kristie Arslan - The Council of Economic Advisors for the Obama Administration recently released a report indicating that health reform will help small business. While we certainly appreciate the Administration focusing on the needs of small business, the results are not exactly groundbreaking or new. The Administration has been playing the role of publicist, trying to make the case to the media and public that reform is essential and must be done now. Yet, they have taken a back seat on the creation of health reform legislation, leaving Congress to do the heavy lifting on pulling together a health ...
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Posted by Kristie Arlsan - In an interesting turn of events last week, Congress’s own nonpartisan agency specializing in budget analysis, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), may have temporarily derailed health care reform with its recent report indicating that current reform proposals will ultimately increase the deficit by $239 billion dollars over ten years. Not a small sum, giving credence to concerns voiced by the fiscally-minded Blue Dog Democrats over the past few weeks. With the overall price tag of reform well over $1 trillion dollars, this again leads me to pose the question: why is Congress and the Administration taking ...
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Meet the NASE Staff Bloggers 
Keith Hall - My official title at the NASE is COO, which I think is Latin for “do what everyone tells me to do.” I’m also behind the NASE TaxTalk program,
although I often feel like I’m under the NASE TaxTalk program. One of
my favorite things to do is laugh, second only to making a difference.
 Keith on Twitter
 Keith on LinkedIn
Molly Nelson - I help out with the NASE’s legislative advocacy, communications, and
public relations. From attending hearings on the Hill to helping select
the cover design for the member magazine, I’ve always got something new
going on. I like practicing yoga, running through different parts of
the city, and I’m an admitted etymology/grammar nerd.
Molly on Twitter
Molly on LinkedIn
Kristin Oberlander - In public affairs, my job is to serve as a link between the
association, micro-businesses and the media. When I have down time, I
enjoy drinking large quantities of coffee, contemplating how I will
cram one more pair of (un)needed shoes into my closet and finding
creative ways to remove my dog’s hair from my clothes, car, own hair
and food. My biggest pet peeve is drivers who don’t understand 4-way
stops.
Kristin on Twitter
Kristin on LinkedIn
Maureen Petron - I cover communications for the NASE, which means everything from the
member magazine to programs like our achievement award and college
scholarships (yes, I actually get to show up like Ed McMahon with a big
check twice a year!). In my fantasy world, I’d be a master chef, wine
snob and fast runner.
Maureen on Twitter
Maureen on LinkedIn
Kristie Arslan - I head up the advocacy efforts for the NASE, thus I spend most of my time on Capitol Hill educating legislators on how key issues such as health care, tax, and the lagging economy affect the self-employed. When I am not running around trying to convince policymakers to pay attention to micro-business, I spend my time singing nursery rhymes to my daughter and helping my husband with his small business.
Kristie on Twitter
Kristie on LinkedIn
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