The Senate resumes consideration of the nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan to be a judge for the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Cloture was invoked on the nomination Monday evening, but Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he would require the use of the full 30 hours of post-cloture debate on the nomination and refuse consent to move to the surface transportation bill until his amendment regarding aid to Egypt is scheduled for a Senate vote. Paul’s amendment would prohibit aid to that nation until a group of imprisoned American nongovernmental organization workers was released.

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for allowing me to present information to you. I am a member of Women Construction Owners and Executives. Today, you will no doubt hear about the barriers that prevent small businesses from securing meaningful work from federal agencies. But, the biggest barrier to small business contractors is surety bonding. You will hear that programs exist to help educate small business on bonding, but few, if any, guaranty the contractor that they will be able to qualify for a bond upon graduation of such a program.

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Senate 2050 Sponsored by Senator Mary Landriew (D-LA), Senator  Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Senator Scott Brown (R-MA). 
This bill, called the Small Business Tax Extenders Act of 2012, will provide targeted tax relief legislation to small businesses and extend the essential tax relief provisions that were included in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010.  You can read the full description on our web site.