karen kerrigan

Washington, D.C. (Press Release – December 29, 2011) – The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) issued “Top Policy Highlights and Lowlights for Small Business in 2011,” a list of significant policy developments this past year for the nation’s small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) President & CEO Karen Kerrigan said the list includes a range of issues that will impact the economic and business climate for 2012 and beyond.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release – November 30, 2011) – The nation’s entrepreneurs and small business owners are pessimistic about the near-term prospects for the U.S. economy, with 79 percent of those surveyed in a poll-”Accelerating U.S.

Job Creation: A Perspective From American Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses”-released by the Financial Services Forum indicating they expect current economic conditions to persist for at least another year, and 53 percent expecting current conditions to continue for 18 months or more.

Washington, D.C. (Press Release – October 7, 2011) – Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) President & CEO Karen Kerrigan issued the following statement today in light of the U.S.

State Department’s final public meeting concerning the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline:

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. (PRESS RELEASE – March 26, 2011) - The Administration is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the “Affordable Care Act,” the massive health care reform initiative signed by President Barack Obama one year ago.

Small business owners, however, are still waiting for the “affordable” part as promised by supporters of the new law.  Health coverage costs for small business owners continue to increase, and their choices in the marketplace remain limited or are shrinking.

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – August 3, 2010) — The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) has launched a petition and action center devoted to repealing a nightmarish paperwork mandate that vastly expands 1099-Misc reporting.

SBE Council President & CEO Karen Kerrigan said small business owners are outraged by the provision, and want to know everything they can do stop it from taking effect in 2012.

The group has launched www.stop1099.org in response.

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – June 16, 2010) — Today, Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) issued the following statement regarding new regulations from the Obama Administration that outline how existing health plans will be forced to change under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and how this impacts health coverage for small businesses:

Washington, DC (PRESS RELEASE – May 12, 2010) — Despite the fact that Congress has not given the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authority to regulate the Internet, along with a recent court decision informing the government agency that it exceeded its regulatory boundaries in trying to do so, the FCC announced that it will move forward with intrusive and risky rules that hurt innovation, the economy and small business.

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – March 23, 2010) — Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) issued the following statement regarding passage of the health care bill.

“The health care bill that President Obama will sign into law is not one that will help small businesses.

Supporters of the bill, including the President himself, erroneously claim that small businesses will be helped by the legislation.

Such statements are pure fantasy.

Oakton, VA (PRESS RELEASE – January 29, 2010) – The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) today published a mini-scorecard comparing the two candidates for U.S.

Senate in Massachusetts – State Attorney General Martha Coakley and State Senator Scott Brown – on the “Big Three Small Business Issues” of the day, i.e., health care reform, cap-and-trade emissions regulation, and taxes.