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• Latest Action: Dec 01, 2011 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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• U. S. Chamber of Commerce

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• Financial Services Forum

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• National Association for the Self-Employed

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• Comp TIA

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• AFL-CIO

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• American Association of Retired Persons

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• On November 12, 2011, by wac6 - Donny, I have a brief post up comparing this bill, as introduced, with the House #crowdfunding bill that just passed. http://www.wac6.com/wac6/2011/11/can-you-crowdfund-without-a-platform.html

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• Supporting Conservative Solutions | A Taxi Dog Diary - July 17, 2012 by The Taxi Dog - To that end, the Democratizing Access to Capital Act (S.1791) was sponsored by Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) and introduced in the US Senate on November 2, 2011. S.1791 was substantially the same as H.R.2930, though it ...

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  As noted by The Taxi Dog on July 17, 2012, "To that end, the Democratizing Access to Capital Act (S.1791) was sponsored by Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) and introduced in the US Senate on November 2, 2011. S.1791 was substantially the same as H.R.2930, though it ..." (/url?q=http://taxi-dog.com/2012/07/16/supporting-conservative-solutions/&sa=U&ei=G5UJUObZD6Hq2QWLsejYBw&ved=0CDUQmAEwBg&usg=AFQjCNEg-qD3lxwU_tDiQMLakoGkhof04g)
• Supporting Conservative Solutions | A Taxi Dog Diary - July 17, 2012 by The Taxi Dog - To that end, the Democratizing Access to Capital Act (S.1791) was sponsored by Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) and introduced in the US Senate on November 2, 2011. S.1791 was substantially the same as H.R.2930, though it ...

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• Supporting Conservative Solutions | A Taxi Dog Diary - July 16, 2012 by The Taxi Dog - To that end, the Democratizing Access to Capital Act (S.1791) was sponsored by Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) and introduced in the US Senate on November 2, 2011. S.1791 was substantially the same as H.R.2930, though it ...

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Highly Rated News Articles

• What sort of governor would say this? - June 05, 2012 by Bangor Daily News - But they overlook how long government has promoted economic development, all the way back to Hamilton’s 1791 Report on Manufactures. Others argue it’s best to cut regulations and taxes and then business will flourish. But that didn’t work ...

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  As noted by Bangor Daily News on June 05, 2012, "But they overlook how long government has promoted economic development, all the way back to Hamilton’s 1791 Report on Manufactures. Others argue it’s best to cut regulations and taxes and then business will flourish. But that didn’t work ..." (http://bangordailynews.com/2012/06/05/opinion/what-sort-of-governor-would-say-this/?ref=mostReadBoxOpinion)
• What sort of governor would say this? - June 05, 2012 by Bangor Daily News - But they overlook how long government has promoted economic development, all the way back to Hamilton’s 1791 Report on Manufactures. Others argue it’s best to cut regulations and taxes and then business will flourish. But that didn’t work ...

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  As noted by Bangor Daily News on June 05, 2012, "But they overlook how long government has promoted economic development, all the way back to Hamilton’s 1791 Report on Manufactures. Others argue it’s best to cut regulations and taxes and then business will flourish. But that didn’t work ..." (http://bangordailynews.com/2012/06/05/opinion/what-sort-of-governor-would-say-this/)
• The Polish flag - May 01, 2012 by Economist.com - Asked what it means, most Poles shrug. Some say it is a jingoistic gimmick to plug the gap between Labour Day, on May 1st, and the May 3rd anniversary of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's 1791 written constitution, the first in Europe. But ask Polish ..

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  As noted by Economist.com on May 01, 2012, "Asked what it means, most Poles shrug. Some say it is a jingoistic gimmick to plug the gap between Labour Day, on May 1st, and the May 3rd anniversary of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's 1791 written constitution, the first in Europe. But ask Polish .." (http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2012/05/polish-flag)