Millionaire Surtax Won't Affect Small Businesses, Says Jay Carney

White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, states that less than one percent of all small business will be affected by paying for payroll relief with a surtax on the wealthy. (00:13)

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Toomey: Expanding Access To IPOs Will Create Jobs At No Cost To Taxpayers

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) touts bipartisan legislation aiding small businesses in the transition to going public as a constructive and cost-effective way to create jobs. (0:28)

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Schumer: Small Businesses Create 'Disproportionate' Amount Of Jobs

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says small businesses are essential for economic recovery and job creation and should therefore have a faster path to going public. (0:15)

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White House Announces Online Initiative To Help Small Business, Entrepreneurs

In a White House conference call Friday, Small Business Administrator, Karen Mills, announced the launch a website designed to help facilitate access to government resources for entrepreneurs and small business owners. (0:30)

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FCC: Smaller Businesses Lose Billions Annually To Cyber Attacks

During remarks before the Chamber of Commerce Monday, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski emphasizes the importance for small businesses to have adequate cyber security systems, citing billions in losses resulting from cyber attacks. (0:30)

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FCC Chair Unveils New Cyber Security Measure For Small Business

During a discussion at the Chamber of Commerce, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski announces the launch of the “Small Biz Cyber Planner,” a free online tool for small businesses to develop customized cyber security plans. (0:27)

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Being Online Drastically Increases Small Businesses' Revenue, Says FCC Chair

During a discussion at the Chamber of Commerce Monday, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski reports the positive effects of being online for a small business. (0:14)

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Not Considering Cyber Security Is Like Leaving Money On The Table, Says Chertoff

During a discussion at the Chamber of Commerce Monday, Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said small businesses cannot afford to ignore issues of cyber security. (0:10)

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House Majority Whip Says That Tax Increases Will Further Harm The Economy

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says that President Obama should realize how much tax increases will hurt the economy and should not even consider raising taxes in the current environment. (1:17)

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Small Businesses Are Hiring Nationwide, Says Obama

President Barack Obama says that the small businesses across America hit the hardest by the recession are hiring employees and giving back to their communities. (0:12)
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Clean Energy Gives Small Business Hope, Says Advocate

John Arensmeyer, founder and CEO of Small Business Majority, a national nonprofit organization focused on solving problems facing America's 28 million small businesses, says that many small business owners believe that clean energy legislation will create jobs and revolutionize our economy. (0:45)
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Small Business Owners Willing To Pay Higher Costs For Energy Legislation, Says Group Advocate

John Arensmeyer, founder and CEO of Small Business Majority, a national nonprofit organization focused on solving problems facing Americas's 28 million small businesses, tells Talk Radio News Service that 50% of small business owners surveyed said they favored energy legislation, even if it forces them to pay higher costs. (0:39)
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Polling Shows Small Businesses Support Democrats' Energy Bill, Says Advocate

John Arensmeyer, founder and CEO of Small Business Majority, a national nonprofit organization focused on solving problems facing Americas's 28 million small businesses, tells Talk Radio News Service that the small business owners his company surveyed expressed support for energy legislation similar to what Democrats in Congress have proposed. (0:20)
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Lower Health Care Costs Good For Business, Says Senate Democrat

Affordable and sustainable health care insurance for small businesses would spike an increase in profits and wages for businesses and employees, said Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) Tuesday.


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Obama: Small Businesses Need To Access Capital

In a speech delivered Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama addresses the need for small businesses to have the ability to access capital so that "they can lend to small businesses in their communities." (0:29)
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Health Care Prices Soaring For Small Businesses, Says Sen. Landrieu

Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chairwoman Mary Landrieu (D-La.) speaks about how our nation's current health care system offers some of the best care in certain U.S. cities, but prices are escalating for small businesses around the country. (0:25)
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Geithner: Challenges To Small Businesses

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner briefly reflects on the challenges that small businesses which have been reasonable with their borrowing still face. He separate their problems into two categories: those who were unlucky with their choice of bank, and those who are in an industry that typically suffers in times of recession. (0:28)
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Congressman Gregg Harper: Should be called cap and tax instead of cap and trade

Congressman Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) talks with TRNS correspondent Christina Lovato at the 2009 House Republican Radio & Blog Row about how middle-class families and small businesses are having to make sacrifices in their budget for bailouts, the G-20 summit and how the U.S. is seeing the highest level of borrowing ever. Harper believes the biggest issue we are going to have is what to do about cap and trade. (06:35)
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McCain and Obama on opposite sides of tax fence

Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign held a press conference call with economic policy adviser Steve Forbes and senior policy adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin to discuss Senator Obama’s economic plan. Both advisers said that McCain’s economic proposals are opposite that of Obama’s proposals.

Forbes said that Obama has a series of tax proposals that would devastate the U.S. economy. When looking at his voting actions, Obama has been a ‘massive tax increaser.’ Forbes noted that McCain, on the other hand, had tax cut proposals for middle-class Americans and small businesses which is a pro-growth and job creating plan. According to Forbes, small businesses have created around 200,000 jobs and they would be adversely affected by Obama’s economic plan.

When questioned by a caller as to how McCain intends to balance the budget by the end of his first term, the advisers said that McCain will talk about a broad based future in terms of making cheaper energy available to families, helping with international competitiveness and reducing tax burdens on entrepreneurs. The advisers emphasized McCain has ‘learnt lessons of history’ and will not raise taxes when the economy is in trouble. (9:36)
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Your vote matters

At a health care panel, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) says the opinion of small business owners is necessary to give the Senate and the new president something to work with when he takes office. (1:07)
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