About a year ago, I signed into law an increase in the minimum wage for fast-food workers. The legislation created new protections for these hard-working people and gave them a greater voice in establishing workplace standards. That bill, which took effect on April 1, increased the minimum wage to $20 per hour for workers at fast-food chains with 60 or …
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EXCLUSIVE:A House committee plans to surprise a top Biden administration official at a Wednesday hearing with a scathing document-request letter after lawmakers said the agency repeatedly failed to comply with a subpoena regarding its swing-state electioneering activities. House Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams, R-Texas, said the Small Business Administration (SBA) drafted a “strategic plan” for its voter registration work …
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The Founding Fathers feared a system of government where the executive branch is able to wield the power of the federal bureaucracy to interfere with elections. Unfortunately, President Biden has directed every federal agency to do just that. As chairman of the Committee on Small Business, we have been investigating the electioneering efforts undertaken by the Small Business Administration (SBA), …
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Imagine wanting to crush independent contractors and small businesses so badly that you would go after your own supporters. In California, that scenario is becoming a reality as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Employment Development Department (EDD) is going after the state’s sacred cow – Hollywood! You may not be sympathetic to Californians or to Hollywood, but don’t let that take …
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FIRST ON FOX: One week after Congress subpoenaed officials from the Small Business Administration regarding efforts to funnel resources to help register swing state voters, a top government watchdog group sued the agency for allegedly stonewalling its own public records requests on the matter. On Friday, The Oversight Project executive director Mike Howell and the Heritage Foundation sued the SBA, …
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Ready to pick up and move to another state? Well, you might have to think twice because broke blue states are coming up with a new, creative way totaxyou when you crosstheborder:theEXITTAX. You would imagine this could only happen if you were leavingthecountry, but thistaxexists for some individuals and businesses whenthey move fromthestate of California. California is already known for …
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Donald Trump has outlined his plans for federal taxation should he be elected. “I will make the Trump tax cuts permanent. You know they expire in a year. And we will cut your taxes even more than that,” hesaidin a speech in North Charleston, South Carolina,on Feb. 14, 2024. Trump made the direction clear. Lower. Biden’s plan calls for a …
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The Biden administration is preparing to issue highly anticipated standards targeting menthol cigarettes despite heavy opposition from small business, civil rights, law enforcement and free market consumer groups. The regulations, which would broadly ban the product, were first proposed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) two years ago and have sparked a contentious debate between health advocates and civil …
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FIRST ON FOX: A Republican-led House committee is demanding answers from the Biden administration over concerns that the Small Business Administration is funneling resources to a key swing state to register voters in a move they say could be unconstitutional. “On March 19, 2024, the SBA announced a new voter registration Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Michigan Department of …
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