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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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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 26, 2007
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: Lloyd Chapman, President of American Small Business
League, +1-707-789-9575, lchapman@asbl.com
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 ...