2021年3月9日 · Executive Summary Over 60 years, the Small Business Administration has provided nearly $70 billion through 166,000 investments to America’s small businesses, including financing for Apple, Intel, and Tesla. Licensed Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) have access to a rapid deployment of funds and a flexible fund structure at generous interest …

2021年3月9日 · As lawmakers consider further ways to boost the economy, attention has shifted to the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program as a potential vehicle for supporting small businesses. In a new primer, AAF’s Director of Financial Services Policy Thomas Wade outlines the history and current structure of the SBIC program. …

2021年3月10日 · Eakinomics: The Small Business Investment Company Program Thomas Wade has written a highly accessible primer on the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program, cleverly titled, “The Small Business Investment Company Program: A Primer.” This Small Business Administration (SBA) program has been in existence for over 60 years and …

2024年12月5日 · Executive Summary The Universal Service Fund (USF) provides subsidies for both broadband deployment and affordability, but with the program’s funding mechanism relying on a decreasing base, there are calls for reforms that could require that broadband services or “big tech” pay into the fund. While USF likely needs some reform to its contribution …

2025年2月4日 · AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin discusses Trump’s executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund on CNBC.

2024年9月9日 · The United States does have a sovereign wealth fund: its $28 trillion economy that provides the resources to fund all significant national priorities. Instead of adding destructive taxes and borrowing in the name of a sovereign wealth fund, Trump, Biden, and Harris would be better advised to actually propose policies that are good stewards of ...

2025年2月18日 · Last week the House and Senate Budget Committees passed budget resolutions. The budget resolution is the first step in passing legislation using the reconciliation procedures. As it turns out, that requires the House and Senate to pass the same budget resolution, and the House and Senate are on very different pages. As laid out by Jordan …

6 天之前 · In FY 2025, this fund had $5.7 billion allocated for distribution among all hospitals covered under the Disproportionate Share Hospital Program. This proposed reform would prevent any future uncompensated care payments being dispensed from the existing Medicare trust fund and establish a new, separate fund to make these payments and allow ...

2025年2月13日 · The House and Senate Budget Committees have each released their fiscal year 2025 budget resolutions that, if adopted, would unlock the pathway for reconciliation legislation to implement some of President Trump's domestic policy agenda.

2025年1月30日 · A core function of the NIH is accurately assessing funding priorities to match the U.S. disease burden. To do so, the NIH makes a concerted effort to fund sub-agencies and projects based on the proportional impact of a health problem on the population. Studies show that NIH meets these general requirements. NIH funding is broadly correlated ...