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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.

Oakton, VA (PRESS RELEASE – January 20, 2010) – The nation’s leading advocacy organization for entrepreneurs and small businesses expressed relief about the results of the U.S.

Senate race in Massachusetts. The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) urged President Obama and Congress to now turn their focus towards policies that encourage job creation and entrepreneurship, rather than punitive initiatives that are feeding business uncertainty.

Washington, D.C. (PRESS RELEASE – November 8, 2009) — The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) is reporting what the small business community has been saying all along – proposed tax increases on the “wealthy” amount to big tax increases on small business owners.

In a November 3, 2009 memo, the JCT estimates that one-third of the $460.5 billion estimated to be raised from H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act,” through a proposed 5.4 percent surtax is business income.

Washington, D.C. (PRESS RELEASE - December 18, 2008) - The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) is concerned that new regulations from the Federal Reserve on credit card issuers may serve to raise costs and diminish credit for consumers and small business owners.