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Wednesday, the Senate cloture vote on H.R. 3606, better known as the JOBS Act, passed 76-22--the package will allow companies to offer securities to non-accredited investors via crowdfunding platforms. The JOBS Act passed the House by a 390-23 vote on March 8 and in a rare showing of bipartisan agreement on the economy during an election year. The Obama administration has expressed support for the JOBS Act, which the President intends to sign into law when the legislation reaches his desk.
Immediately after affirming the vote, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Scott P. Brown, (R-MA) and Jack Reed (D-RI) proposed two additional amendments.
In order for the Crowdfunding Accreditation proposed by Crowdsourcing.org and Startup Exemption to work, there must be at least a requirement that those looking to offer stock for equity...
Both Senator Merkley’s amendment to JOBS Act passed 64-35 and the full JOBS Act itself passed 73-26 in the Senate today! This is great news! The JOBS Act will go to a floor vote in the House of...
In more advanced democracies, legislatures hold public hearings, town hall meetings, caucus meetings and even referendum to aggregate the views of the members of their constituencies in respect of...
On November 3, the U.S. House of Representatives voted almost unanimously to pass Representative McHenry’s (R-NC) H.R. 2930 bill, the ‘Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act’.
Of the 241 house republicans, 238 voted in favor of H.R. 2930 and three abstained; of the 192 democrats, 169 voted in favor of the bill, 17 voted against it, and six didn’t vote. The bill will progress to the Senate within the next few weeks, and should it pass, it could be implemented as early as the first quarter of 2012.
Four of six proposed amendments to H.R. 2930 passed, including one by Representative McHenry that limits “the aggregate annual amount raised through the issue of the securities to $5,000,000 or less.” Also, individual investments in securities are limited to an annual amount of $10,000 and no more than 10% of the investor’s gross income.
Today was not meant to be the day that the JOBS Act and the provisions to legalize crowdfunding for equity within it move forward. Democratic efforts to add amendments to the bill were blocked by Republicans, who responded by postponing any further action on the package until Wednesday.
After a procedural vote to consider the bill passed Wednesday morning, debate resumed on investor protections. Much of the debate centers on the provisions for crowdfunding, and additional debate...
The Senate this afternoon passed H.R. 3606 — colloquially referred to as “the JOBS Act” or “the crowdfunding bill” — on a 73-26 vote. The package, which loosens a number of federal regulations, will allow startups and small businesses to solicit investments via the Internet.
The bill is a rare example of Congress passing bipartisan legislation. Obama’s support for the bill won over many Democrats, although some were concerned the legislation could make it easier for...
Here’s what Wikipedia had to say about this today (translated into English): " Lobbyists and activists supporting the amendments, argue that they are directed exclusively against the...
Sherif Mektabi discusses the power of crowdsourcing innovation and the ability of communities to solve their own problems if given the right tools.
Possibly one of the biggest benefits for government is that crowdsourcing is one of the best ways to get up close and personal with people (being governed) again and help make government truly...
This article first shows how crowdfunding interests may be securities under the Securities Act and describes key legal effects of that security status—including the requirement of registration...
Wathiqah was developed by volunteers at a series of hackathons at Stanford University. After a round of amendments, the site now boasts six guiding principles and seven proposed articles. The...
When Moroccan King Mohamed VI created a committee to revise the Moroccan constitution, crowdsourcing site Reforme was set up. The site enables Moroccans to post their opinions or their choices...
Given how vocal Netflix subscribers have been on social media about negative aspects of the service, here's an opportunity for those subscribers to harness the same passion for something...
Balancing the three decision-making prerequisites is clearly a challenging endeavor, sometimes more difficult than the problem itself. As a result, some of the best decision-making methods use...
Watch this video and take part in Kenneth Cole's Wheredoyoustand.com! Two guys face off in what looks like a gunfight, but they're actually just making gun shapes with their...
The US government's new crowdsourcing site, We the People, allows you to exercise your first Amendment right to petition the government directly. You share your petition on Facebook, Twitter,...
The novel effort of Turkish has yielded some pioneering of legal concepts. Clauses for prevention of discrimination, for example, include protections for “genotype.” Its section on human rights...
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