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In first 100 days, K Street troubled by Obama actions

A sample of trade and industry group leaders say President Obama must do more to reach out to the business community to restore American jobs and get the economy up and running again. Association leaders also say the debate so far on health care reform, the president’s support for the Employee Free Choice Act, or card check, and climate change policies are worrisome signs for the business sector, already suffering effects of a severe economic downturn. “Some of it’s troubling, like the budget that seems to call for a huge expansion of government that will lead to much higher taxes and his support for card check, a blank check to labor unions that will upset a half century… Read More