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Small business Profile

Paul Ward

Paul Ward
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Tualatin, OR

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RECENT EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS

  • A new national report released July 22 by Small Business Majority and Families USA shows how many small businesses in each state will be eligible for healthcare tax credits. In all 50 states, 83.7 percent of small businesses (4 million business total) will be eligible to receive a tax credit in 2010.
  • Small Business Majority Clean Energy Project Director Celia Canfield spoke at a town hall forum on July 22, where 200 people from around the country convened in Washington, DC to encourage their senators to take action on America's clean energy and climate future.
  • John Arensmeyer participated in a July 15 event sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation and moderated by LA Times reporter Duke Helfand, where he and other experts from around the state explained what the new healthcare reform law does, and what it means for Californians, businesses, doctors and insurers.
  • A new poll commissioned by Small Business Majority and Main Street Alliance found that a majority of small business owners in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire support clean energy and climate legislation that is being taken up by the US Senate. The survey, released July 15-16, polled small business owners around the seven states about their attitudes toward the clean energy bill being debated in Washington. View press releases.
  • National Policy Director Terry Gardiner joined Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Small Business Committee Chair Mary Landrieu, Senator Mark Warner and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills at a press conference on July 14 to highlight Senate Democrats' efforts to strengthen and support America's small businesses.
  • HHS on July 1 launched healthcare.gov, a web portal with comprehensive, practical information about healthcare coverage and resources for various consumer and business groups. Visit the small business section.
  • Small Business Majority and Main Street Alliance filed an amicus brief in Virginia on June 17 opposing a lawsuit aimed at repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. View the press release.
  • A new bipartisan poll commissioned by Small Business Majority finds strong support for clean energy policies among small business owners. The survey, released June 9, asked 800 small business owners around the US about their attitudes toward energy and climate legislation and related topics.
  • Small Business Majority kicked off a California listening tour May 28 in San Diego. The series of events throughout the state is designed to provide information and guidance to small business owners on provisions of the new healthcare reform law that will affect them, and convey participants' questions and concerns to the policymakers who will be implementing reform.
  • National Policy Director Terry Gardiner joined small employers from around the US in the White House Rose Garden on May 25 for a ceremony honoring small business owners of the year. In his speech, President Obama urged Congress to expeditiously pass legislation to help small businesses recover from the economic crisis.
  • Senators Landrieu and Stabenow were joined by Terry Gardiner of Small Business Majority and Frank Knapp of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber at an April 14 press conference to discuss pieces of legislation recently passed by Congress that will benefit small businesses, including healthcare reform and tax credits to hire new workers.
  • Mike Brey, owner of Hobby Works, and Terry Gardiner, Small Business Majority's national policy director, discuss the benefits of healthcare reform for small businesses in this video.