Source:  Press Release, 10/14/10

• Hagan, a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, believes that small businesses are the key to economic recovery.
• A Hagan-backed bill to help small businesses create jobs in North Carolina was signed into law last month by the President.
• The bipartisan, fully-paid-for Small Business Jobs Act includes a Small Business Lending Fund, cosponsored by Hagan, that will get credit flowing to small business owners in North Carolina and across the country.
• The law also includes $12 billion in tax breaks for small businesses.