The State of Small Businesses During National Small Business Week

By Sens. Mary Landrieu and Olympia Snowe

May 18, 2009, 11:59 a.m.

We are frequently bombarded with headlines of big banks and large corporations struggling to survive. But the unreported news of the economic recession comes from Main Streets throughout America, where small businesses have suffered 80 percent of all job losses since November.

Most Popular
Most E-Mailed

Murtha Dies at 77
The 50 Richest Members of Congress
Roberts: Providing Better Health Care for Federal Employees

NRCC Expands Candidate Management System
Special Election to Replace Murtha Likely in May
How the Law Got Past ‘Separate but Equal’

Committee
Insider
Policy
Briefings
Guest
Observers
10 Staffers
to Know

Cardin: U.S. Needs to Keep Pace Developing Energy Technology

Feb. 8, 12 a.m.

Today, too many Americans are out of work. Today, we will send $1 billion overseas to satisfy our appetite for foreign oil, while the Chinese will continue their massive investment in clean energy technology. Today, our nation faces an economic crisis, an energy crisis and a global climate crisis. Read Full Article