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Article: New House Bill Lets Fortune 1000 Firms Keep Federal Small Business Contracts, Says American Small Business League.
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- April 26, 2007
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New small business bill benefits Fortune 1000 firms.
PETALUMA, Calif., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The House Small Business Committee has unanimously passed H.R. 1873, titled "Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act." Iowa Representative, Bruce Braley introduced the bill which lacks a re-certification provision to stop the flow of federal small business contracts to Fortune 1000 companies and their subsidiaries.
Small business groups like the American Small Business League say that the bill does not contain any provisions that will stop the flow of federal small business dollars to the hundreds of Fortune 1000 firms that currently have federal small ...