In the News
October 30, 2011
By U.S. Rep. John Barrow
There's pretty much universal agreement throughout the country that our government has too many regulations on the books.
It's never been more difficult or time-consuming to try to start a small business or expand an existing company. According to the Federal Register, the 2009 Code of Federal Regulations contains 163,333 pages in 226 books. Imagine trying to start a business and having to navigate through all those regulations. It's absurd, wasteful and an enormous obstacle to our economy.
There's pretty much universal agreement throughout the country that our government has too many regulations on the books.
It's never been more difficult or time-consuming to try to start a small business or expand an existing company. According to the Federal Register, the 2009 Code of Federal Regulations contains 163,333 pages in 226 books. Imagine trying to start a business and having to navigate through all those regulations. It's absurd, wasteful and an enormous obstacle to our economy.
October 13, 2011
By Jim Matheson and Mike Ross
As leaders in entrepreneurship and innovation, American businesses have expanded around the world to grow and compete for the 21st century global customer base.
However, our tax code lags dangerously behind the realities of globalism. Within a year, the nominal U.S. corporate tax rate of 35% will be the highest in the world — a staggering barrier prohibiting American businesses from returning profits home for investment in our economy.
As leaders in entrepreneurship and innovation, American businesses have expanded around the world to grow and compete for the 21st century global customer base.
However, our tax code lags dangerously behind the realities of globalism. Within a year, the nominal U.S. corporate tax rate of 35% will be the highest in the world — a staggering barrier prohibiting American businesses from returning profits home for investment in our economy.
October 12, 2011
By Vicki Needham
House Blue Dogs are on board with a temporary corporate tax holiday they argue will boost economic growth.
The group joined a growing bipartisan chorus pressing the congressional deficit-reduction committee to give U.S. multinational corporations a tax break in exchange for investing at home.
House Blue Dogs are on board with a temporary corporate tax holiday they argue will boost economic growth.
The group joined a growing bipartisan chorus pressing the congressional deficit-reduction committee to give U.S. multinational corporations a tax break in exchange for investing at home.
October 12, 2011
By Kristina Peterson
A coalition of moderate House Democrats urged the Congressional deficit-reduction committee to include a temporary tax break for U.S. companies bringing home overseas profits, according to a letter sent Wednesday.
A coalition of moderate House Democrats urged the Congressional deficit-reduction committee to include a temporary tax break for U.S. companies bringing home overseas profits, according to a letter sent Wednesday.
September 23, 2011
A few years ago, the federal government issued a regulation requiring banks to change their disclosure statements so that solid vertical lines separated columns on the sheet. Some small community banks were not able to easily create these vertical lines in their new electronic forms as required, so to improvise they used lines made of asterisks instead.
Regulators charged the banks for being in violation of the regulation.
September 15, 2011
By Elizabeth Titus
Moderate Blue Dog Democrats — who often seek distance from the liberal core of their party — are planning to introduce a set of small-business proposals on Thursday that focus on extending loan provisions and increasing the government's small-business procurement goals.
The group of conservative Democratic lawmakers is introducing the package as multiple jobs agendas take shape in Congress the week after President Barack Obama introduced his own jobs proposal in a joint session.
Moderate Blue Dog Democrats — who often seek distance from the liberal core of their party — are planning to introduce a set of small-business proposals on Thursday that focus on extending loan provisions and increasing the government's small-business procurement goals.
The group of conservative Democratic lawmakers is introducing the package as multiple jobs agendas take shape in Congress the week after President Barack Obama introduced his own jobs proposal in a joint session.
September 14, 2011
By ERIC PIANIN
Just how powerful is the special "Super Committee" that Congress created to recommend long-term deficit reduction? A task force of prominent budget experts concluded on Wednesday that the 12-member bicameral panel has far more power than many realize, and could work well past a November deadline in pursuit of a "grand bargain" of entitlement and tax reforms.
Just how powerful is the special "Super Committee" that Congress created to recommend long-term deficit reduction? A task force of prominent budget experts concluded on Wednesday that the 12-member bicameral panel has far more power than many realize, and could work well past a November deadline in pursuit of a "grand bargain" of entitlement and tax reforms.
September 14, 2011
Blue Dog Coalition Press Conference on Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
Today, the Blue Dog Coalition leadership held a press conference advocating that Republicans and Democrats on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction work together to achieve a balanced, bipartisan solution that cuts the deficit by $4 trillion over 10 years.
https://www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737424157/
September 14, 2011
By Russell Berman
Add the centrist Blue Dog Democrat coalition to the list of groups pushing the deficit reduction "supercommittee" to expand its ambitions and find much more than $1.5 trillion in budget savings.
The Blue Dog leadership released a letter to the 12-member panel on Wednesday asking them to endorse a plan that would reduce the deficit by at least $4 trillion over the next decade.
Add the centrist Blue Dog Democrat coalition to the list of groups pushing the deficit reduction "supercommittee" to expand its ambitions and find much more than $1.5 trillion in budget savings.
The Blue Dog leadership released a letter to the 12-member panel on Wednesday asking them to endorse a plan that would reduce the deficit by at least $4 trillion over the next decade.
September 9, 2011
The Early Show
Rep. Jim Cooper discusses extreme polarization in Washington and the need for more bipartisan cooperation in Congress on CBS' The Early Show.
https://www.youtube.com/BlueDogPress
Rep. Jim Cooper discusses extreme polarization in Washington and the need for more bipartisan cooperation in Congress on CBS' The Early Show.
https://www.youtube.com/BlueDogPress