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Obama Small Business Forum Will Ignore the Number One Challenge

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Fortune 500, Small Business, Barack Obama, Middle Class Economy, Jobs, Loopholes, American Small Business League, Small Business Lending, Abus, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

If President Obama is serious about helping small businesses, then he should use this week's forum to address the absurd flow of federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Democrat Beaten Back In Effort To Add Loophole to Investor Protection Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: John Adler, New Democrats, Investor Protection Act, Adler Loophole, John Adler Investor Protection Act, Loopholes, Business News

A Congressional committee temporarily killed an amendment Wednesday that would have exempted four out of five publicly-traded companies from a post-En...

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Dueling Bills in Congress Could Help or Hurt Middle Class Firms

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Parker Griffith, Middle Class Economy, Congressional Oversight, Small Business Committee, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Fraud Abuse, Loopholes, Nydia Velazquez, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

Chambers of Commerce across Alabama are opposed to H.R. 3558, and the American Small Business League (ASBL) has launched a national campaign to rally opposition to the bill.

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Obama Administration Policies Will Divert Funds From Middle Class Economy

Chris Gunn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, 3m, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Small Busniess, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Rolls-Royce, Middle Class, Textron, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, General Dynamics, Fraud, AT&T, Fortune 1000, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, British Aerospace (BAE), American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Chris Gunn

We project that by counting big businesses in the United States and Europe as small businesses the Obama Administration may be shortchanging middle class firms out of as much as $100 billion a year in contracts.

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Obama Officials Avoided Questions from Press on Misleading Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, 3m, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Small Busniess, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Rolls-Royce, Middle Class, Textron, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, General Dynamics, Fraud, AT&T, Fortune 1000, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, British Aerospace (BAE), American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

According to information in the Federal Procurement Data System, eight of the top ten recipients of federal small business contracts were actually large businesses or divisions of large businesses.

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Obama Administration Policies Could Be Big Problem for Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Prcurement, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Contracting, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Obama Administration released the federal government's latest statistics on the volume of contracts awarded to small businesses. Small business owners were stunned, angered and disappointed.

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Obama Spouts Pro Small Business Rhetoric, But Gives Small Business Billions to Corporate Giants

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Raytheon, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, L-3 Communications, Gtsi, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Asbl, Loopholes, General Dynamics, Staples, 3M Company, Fraud, AT&T, Northrop Grumman, Small Business Administration, Booz Allen Hamilton, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

When you look closely at Obama's policies towards small businesses you start to think its just a matter of time before he loads small business owners into crowded train cars headed for prison camps.

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Obama Administration Fabricates Small Business Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Federal Government, Small Business Administration, Freedom of Information Act, Business News, Sba, Asbl, Contracting, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Under Obama, the same Fortune 500 firms that were allowed to receive small business contracts during the Bush Administration continue to receive federal small business contracts.

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SBA Goes to Federal Court of Appeals to Withhold Phone Records

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Long Island Business Journal, Small Business, Abuse, Mike Stamler, Federal, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Lawsuit, Government, Fraud, Barack Obama, Phone Records, Contracting, Procurement, Purchasing, American Small Business League, Legal Battle, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Anytime you want to look at what the Small Business Administration is doing, you have to go to federal court to get it. Clearly they have something to hide.

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Obama Administration Stalls the Release of Small Business Contracting Data, According to the American Small Business League

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Scorecard, Small Business, Abuse, Goaling Report, Barack Obama, Sba, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Contracting, Procurement, Loopholes, American Small Business League, President, Business News
Chris Gunn

Since 2003, over a dozen federal investigations found billions of dollars in federal small business contracts have wound-up in the hands of corporate giants.

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Small Businesses Short Changed on Stimulus Funds

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Economic Stimulus Package, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Small Business Administration, Middle Class, Sba, Economic Stimulus, Lloyd Chapman, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Mark Deo, Business News
Chris Gunn

When small businesses thrive, our economy grows. Yet today, millions of these businesses are being threatened by the very plan that was supposedly intended to help them.

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Who Are the Real Small Business Advocates in America?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, Congress, Small Business, Abuse, Fortune 500, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Sba, Advocate, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, Fraud, Barack Obama, Washington, Gao, American Small Business League, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The ASBL is the only national small business group that does not take money from Fortune 500 firms or big businesses. We only fight for small businesses.

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National Small Business Groups Bristle in Response to ASBL Blog

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Report 5-15, National Small Business Association, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Us Womens Chamber of Commerce, Fraud, Barack Obama, Eocnomy, Nsba, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, Uswcc, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Yesterday, I posted an article to the Huffington Post. This morning both the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce and the National Small Business Association fired back.

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Rep. Johnson Applauds American Small Business League for its Work on Small Business Contracting

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fortune 1000, Women, Small Business, Abuse, Fortune 500, h.r. 2568, Oversight, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Veterans, Fraud, Hank Johnson, Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act, Gao, American Small Business League, Minorities, Politics News
Chris Gunn

Johnson proposed the "Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009," to provide small businesses across the country with billions of dollars in additional contracting opportunities.

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Obama Should Provide Financial Options to CIT Customers

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: 27 Million, Abuse, Bankruptcy, Election Day, Lloyd Chapman, Obama, Loopholes, Fraud, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Financial Crisis, A Lack of Oversight, Gdp, Al Gore, American Small Business League, Cit, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

Obama should take a closer look at his administration's policies involving CIT and the over 40 million voters that could be impacted by those decisions. 2012 will be here before you know it.

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

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Small Business, David Lizarraga, Abuse, Barack Obama, Nydia Velazquez, Us Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Fortune 500, Oversight, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, American Small Business League, Loopholes, American-Reinvestment-and-Recovery-Act, Business News
Chris Gunn

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

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

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

Read More: High Growth Companies, Small Business, Abuse, Economy, Middle Class, Small Business Innovations Research, Innovation Research, Nvca, Venture Capital, Loopholes, Democrats, Karen Mills, Fraud, Defense Contracting, Barack Obama, Anderson Cooper, Laura Tyson, Sbir, American Small Business League, Republicans, Winslow Sargeant, Business News
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.

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This Week In Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Uk, Get Rich Cheating, Parliament, Opposition, Carrie Prejean, Manny Ramirez, Willie Nelson, Dodgers, Manny, Miss California, Media, Loopholes, Gordon Brown, Business Reporters, Tax, Soccer, Breast Implants, Red Sox, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Even if they close some loopholes, the Republican Party knows they can't catch us all. Just ask Willie Nelson and Wesley Snipes. You can't spell "making millions by cheating on taxes" with out "cheating on taxes."

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Bush Administration Policy Cost Small Businesses Over a Trillion Dollars in Federal Contracts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Biden, Bush Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Small Business, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, Loopholes, American Small Business League, President, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

To date, President Obama has not proposed a single policy to stop the flow of federal small business contracts to corporate giants.

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Lloyd Chapman: Obama's Broken Promise to Small Businesses

Chris Gunn | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Biden, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Inauguration, Economy, Fortune 500, Middle Class, American Small Business League, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business News
Chris Gunn

The Exception Magazine published the following story this morning. On February 22, 2008, Barack Obama released the following statement: "It is time ...

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Obama Stimulus Plan Breaks Campaign Promise to Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, American Small Business League, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Fraud, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Obama has failed to include any provision in his economic stimulus plan to stop the diversion of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms.

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Pelosi-Backed Loophole For Venture Capitalists Will Damage Middle Class Economy

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Economy, Middle Class, Lloyd Chapman, Venture Capital, Loopholes, Karen Mills, President-Elect, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - CA) is leading congressional support for a new loophole in federal contracting law that will allow some of the wealthi...

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Obama's Latest Speech Continues to Ignore Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Infrastructure, 111th Congress, Small Business, Economic Stimulus Package, Abuse, Economy, Middle Class, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, American Small Business League, Barack Obama, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Small business advocates are concerned that President-elect Obama may enact policy and legislation that could be harmful to the nation's nearly 27 million small businesses.

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ASBL: Obama Ignores Economic Experts On Stimulus Plan

Chris Gunn | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Biden, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Middle Class Economy, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Barack Obama, Business News
Chris Gunn

The American Small Business League (ASBL) released the following press release today. Petaluma, Calif. - President-elect Barack Obama and the new 11...

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ASBL's Lloyd Chapman Questions Whether Obama Stimulus Plan Will Favor Venture Capitalists

Chris Gunn | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Bush Administration, Small Business, Lloyd Chapman, Exception Magazine, Abuse, Chris Gunn, Sba, Economic Stimulus, Venture Capital, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Barack Obama, US Chamber of Commerce, Business News
Chris Gunn

In a guest commentary published on The Exception Magazine's website, www.exceptionmag.com; the President and Founder of the American Small Business Le...

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