Cuts to Small Business Support Trigger Pushback From GOP Lawmakers
An executive order to cut an agency that has helped finance businesses and communities in remote, disadvantaged locations isn’t supported by some prominent Republican legislators.
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Mass Deportations Could Cut Trump’s Support From Latino Business Owners and Employees
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Fallout continues from Schumer's support for GOP bill
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‘Not quite yet beautiful’: Republicans at odds over spending cuts after meeting Trump
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Americans confront GOP lawmakers over federal job cuts and economy at town halls
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Young Professionals Are Increasingly Turning to Boring Small-Business Niches
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Schumer postpones book tour after backlash for supporting GOP funding bill
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GOP lawmaker on Ontario electricity surcharge: 'It's only going to help Trump'
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Monday that Ontario’s 25-percent surcharge on electricity exports to his state — announced in response to President Trump’s tariffs on Canada — will ...The Hill - Mar. 10
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