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IEC member Hawkins Electric participates "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Independent Electrical Contractors Share      Hawkins Electric Service, Inc., a full-service residential and commercial electrical contractor that has served the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region since 1918, has joined with ABC Television's Emmy-award winning reality TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," and partnered with area Builders to provide electrical services for two structures that were built. The show will air Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. eastern time.
IEC National Legislative Fly-In Independent Electrical Contractors Share
The IEC National Legislative Fly-In will feature a "how to" educational session on lobbying your member of Congress, as well as informational briefings on front burner legislative issues, from the Washington experts who deal with these subjects every day. And, most importantly, we will have a Day on Capitol Hill where IEC contractors and chapter executive directors join together to educate their federal representatives about our industry and your business. More Obama to back raising small business loan limits to $1 million BusinessWeek Share
President Barack Obama will back a temporary increase in Small Business Administration Loans from $350,000 to $1 million to encourage small business hiring, an administration official said. More
Craig Becker, nominated for National Labor Relations Board, rejected by Senate The Washington Post Share
The nomination of Craig Becker, whom President Obama chose to serve on the National Labor Relations Board, died after it failed a cloture vote in the Senate. Senators voted 52 to 33 for end debate on Becker's nomination, but that was not enough to move to a vote. All of the chamber's Republicans in attendance and Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., voted against cloture. More Republicans may opt out of Obama's health care summit The Washington Post Share
Leading House Republicans raised the prospect that they may decline to participate in President Obama's proposed health care summit if the White House chooses not to scrap the existing reform bills and start over. More Small businesses slightly more optimistic The Wall Street Journal Share
The Index of Small Business Optimism, released by the National Federation of Independent Business, rose 1.3 points to 89.3 in January. It is up 8.3 points from March, the index's low since the recession began and its second-lowest reading in history. More |
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