The dy amies in Washington changed dramatically last month when the new Congress met with Republicans in charge of the House of Representatives and in a stronger position in the Senate.Ahhough the makeup of the new Congress gives the business community more tools to work with, we cannot expect the Congress to stop all of the regulations that lie ahead during the next two years of the Obama Administration. Many of the regulators at theNational Labor Relations Board, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies are not business-friendly. They will use the next two years to try to put their agenda in place. The Congress can do only so much to hold back the regulatory tide that threatens to erode an increasingly positive economic climate.
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