American Small Business League

U.S. Hispanic Chamber Challenged on Its Small Business Credentials by ASBL

Chris Gunn | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business


Chris Gunn

The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has shown no commitment to removing corporate giants from small business contracting programs.

Obama is Selling the Small Business Administration to the Venture Capital Industry

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

I'm going to sound the alarm on the latest threat to federal small business contracting programs: Obama is going to support legislation that will allow the venture capital industry to dominate them.

NEW BILL WILL GAUGE INTEGRITY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CONGRESS

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

What percentage of Americans would agree that Fortune 500 firms should not be allowed to receive federal small business contracts? 100 percent? 99.7 p...

ONE QUESTON FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD BOOST OUR NATION'S ECONOMY

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.02.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

Seven years ago this summer, I began working with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on what turned out to be the first federal investigation ...

Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson Takes a Stand for American Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

America's 27 million small businesses have a new hero and his name is Hank Johnson. Last Friday, Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced ...

Obama Moves Closer to Policies to Divert Small Business Contracts to Venture Capitalist Contributors

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.26.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

President Barack Obama has moved one step closer to adopting federal policies and legislation that will divert billions of dollars in federal small bu...

Obama Releases Top Secret CIA Memos But Not SBA Executive's Libelous E-mails

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

President Barack Obama has recently released top-secret CIA memos detailing torture techniques and directives. At the same time those extremely sensit...

Congress is All Show and No Go For Small Business Week

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.19.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

May 18th marks the beginning of National Small Business Week. It certainly makes sense to have a small business week. The latest U.S. Census Bureau da...

Dear President Obama, Why Are You Cheating Small Businesses?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.12.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

Do these companies sound like small businesses to you? Halliburton, Rolls-Royce, Wal-Mart, Home Depot, John Deere, Dell Computer, Xerox, Sherwin-Willi...

Federal Contracting Scandal Celebrates Sixth Anniversary with No Help from Obama

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

On May 7th, 2003, I testified at a hearing before the House Committee on Small Business regarding the diversion of federal small business contracts to...

ASBL President Lloyd Chapman Goes After Obama on Fox News

Chris Gunn | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business


Chris Gunn

The President of the American Small Business League (ASBL) Lloyd Chapman was a featured guest on Fox's, America's Newsroom this morning regarding the ...

Dear President Obama, You Lied to Me

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

I endorsed you during the primary; you even put my endorsement on the front page of your campaign website. I donated thousands of dollars to your camp...

Obama's First 100 Days Disappoints Women, Minorities and Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.28.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

President Obama's first 100 days in office have failed to live up to his campaign promises, and the expectations of millions of women, minorities and ...

Federal Judge Directs SBA to Pay Legal Fees to American Small Business League

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.15.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

On Wednesday, United States District Judge Marilyn H. Patel issued an order directing the Small Business Administration (SBA) to pay the American Smal...

Obama Ignores Simple Solution to Stimulate Economy

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics


Lloyd Chapman

President Barack Obama is a smart man, and he has no doubt surrounded himself with a multitude of well-educated and extremely intelligent individuals....

New SBA Administrator Should Remove Executives that Covered up Fraud and Abuse

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.08.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

During the Bush Administration over 15 federal investigations and two private studies have found fraud, and widespread blatant abuses in a variety of ...

A Crystal Ball Look at New SBA Administrator Karen Mills' First Month

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics


Lloyd Chapman

New Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Karen Mills' first weeks in office will be easily predictable. My guess is that Mil...

Small Businesses Want President Obama to Answer One Question, According to the American Small Business League

Chris Gunn | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics


Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League (ASBL) posted the following press release this morning. In it the league asks President Obama a single question re...

SBA Denies Loss in Federal Court Case

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.18.2009 | Home


Lloyd Chapman

Head of litigation for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Eric Benderson, denied the SBA actually lost a federal court case filed by the American...

Glenn Beck: The Death of Small Business with Lloyd Chapman

Chris Gunn | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics


Chris Gunn

Recently, Glenn Beck and American Small Business League President Lloyd Chapman discussed the death of small businesses on Fox. The segment really sp...

Obama Economic Policy Falters Without Small Business Stimulus, According to ASBL

Chris Gunn | Posted 03.10.2009 | Business


Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League (ASBL) released the following today: Petaluma, Calif. - Since President Barack Obama signed the stimulus bill, the...

Obama Policies to Allow Goliath to Slay David

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.03.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

President Barack Obama is expected to support legislation or policy that will allow wealthy venture capitalists to dominate federal programs designed ...

100 Percent of Stimulus Spending Will Go To Top One Percent of U.S. Firms

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

So far, all of the billions, or should I say trillions of dollars the federal government has spent to stimulate our nation's failing economy has gone ...

Small Business Administration Moves Forward in Federal Lawsuit to Withhold Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

Despite President Obama's promise of increased transparency in government, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is moving ahead with its appeal of ...

Venture Capitalists Succeed in Buying Legislation and Top Spot at SBA

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business


Lloyd Chapman

Legislation and policies that would reduce the volume of federal contracts obtained by legitimate small businesses could be even more devastating to our national economy.