U.S Representatives and Small Businesses

by Latin Biz Today

Find out how your representative in the House of Representatives voted on key legislation that has an impact on small and medium businesses.

This section will be updated to include key measures before Congress going forward. Today: the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, which created the Small Business Lending Fund Program.

H.R.5297 – Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010

To create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes

Status
Passed by House of Representatives – June 17, 2010
Signed into law – September 26, 2010

Sponsor
Rep. Barney Frank (D, MA-4)

Co-Sponsors
(Former) Rep. Melissa Bean (D, IL-8)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D, NY-11)
(Former) Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper (D, PA-3)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D, MN-5)
Rep. Al Green (D, TX-9)
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D, IL-4)
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D, TX-15)
(Former) Rep. Ron Klein (D, FL-22)
(Former) Rep. Daniel Maffei (D, NY-25)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D, NY-14)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D, NY-6)
Rep. Bradley Miller (D, NC-13)
Rep. Gwen Moore (D, WI-4)
(Former) Rep. Dennis Moore (D, KS-3)
Del. Eleanor Norton (D, DC-0)
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D, CO-7)
Rep. Gary Peters (D, MI-9)
Rep. David Scott (D, GA-13)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D, CA-35)
Rep. Melvin Watt (D, NC-12)