When it comes to Congress's track record on small business issues, the glass is half empty, according to two small business groups.

The American Small Business League (ASBL) and the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce assert that the Republican-controlled Congress failed to act on nine specific issues that would have benefited small businesses, even though "Republicans have promoted themselves as the party of small business."

In particular, ASBL President Lloyd Chapman said Congress did nothing to address the findings of a dozen government investigations that documented the misallocation of billions of dollars in small business contracts to major corporations.