Brad Close

Can Washington ever return to governing instead of weaponizing politics?

Brad Close joins Jim Blasingame to lament the current lack of leadership in Washington due to a complete breakdown in the value of compromise that’s been replaced with a form of partisanship that is the opposite of governing.

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Brad Close joins Jim Blasingame to report on an evil bill that’s resurfaced in the House called the “Transparency Act”, HR 2513, which will become a privacy invasion and financial regulatory nightmare for millions of small businesses.
Brad Close joins Jim Blasingame to report on why the SECURE Act, which would help Baby Boomers stay at work longer, is still stuck in the Senate, after passing the house with a significant bi-partisan vote.
What are the big policy issues facing small business for 2010? Brad Close and Jim Blasingame discuss health care reform, cap and trade and the pro-union Card Check bill. Plus a recent poll of small business owners on how they feel about the proposed cap and trade legislation.