again, we're waiting to hear from tom dononue, the head of the u.s. chamber on the state of the u.s. business. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i this is a u.s. chamber of commerce in washington. president tom dononue will be talking about the state of business heading into 2010. we'll hear his remarks shortly and also possible remarks by the chamber's foundation executive vice-president margaret spellings, former education secretary. today on this tuesday, the u.s. house returns getting underway with the second session of the 111th congress. no real business today. it will be a pro forma session at noon, when the house comes in. politico writing about the 2010 agenda says it's clear economic issues will dominate the start of this year's session and they now threaten to crowd out other domestic priorities, much as health care did last year. toss in a few fights about the transfer of prisoners to guantanamo bay prison and the congressional bandwidth is even further stressed. agai

cq has been dog this for years, and last year, we sat at this podium and tom dononue facing a grim economy in an incoming popular president, we had not supported, declared he would work with the administration, but vowed to fight the policy that he saw would smother the spirit of american enterprise, the power of the american dream. well, chamber was very successful in winning a number of their fights, but the president also had success. cq records that in the last six decades, no president had as much legislative success as obama, with over 97% legislative victories. but as margaret and i were speaking earlier, if you don't like the weather, just stick around and that's the way it is in politics. unemployment is now at 10%. yesterday, obama's approval rating had fallen to 46%, and the political discussion has shifted to how many seats the democrats will lose in the upcoming midterm elections. in this environment, we once again hear from tom done you'll as he outlines the business community's plan to looks at what will be the beginning of a fragile discovery, with a quarter of the d.c.'s l

cq has been dog this for years, and last year, we sat at this podium and tom dononue facing a grim economying popular president, we had not supported, declared he would work with the administration, but vowed to fight the policy that he saw would smother the spirit of american enterprise, the power of the american dream. well, chamber was very successful in winning a number of their fights, but the president also had success. cq records that in the last six decades, no president had as much legislative success as obama, with over 97% legislative victories. but as margaret and i were speaking earlier, if you don't like the weather, just stick around and that's the way it is in politics. unemployment is now at 10%. yesterday, obama's approval rating had fallen to 46%, and the political discussion has shifted to how many seats the democrats will lose in the upcoming midterm elections. in this environment, we once again hear from tom done you'll as he outlines the business community's plan to looks at what will be the beginning of a fragile discovery, with a quarter of the d.c.'s largest trade