What's in the health care bill for small businesses? Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame to report on the impact of the health care bill on businesses in general and small business in particular.

The health care reform bill was passed in a way that is unprecedented, according to Grace-Marie Turner and Jim Blasingame, who talk about the fact that proponents were prepared to do virtually anything they could to pass this bill, even without any bi-partisan support and in the face of public opposition.

Reporting on the impact of exports on economic recovery, Kiplinger's Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the growth of exports in 2010 and how this will play a roll in economic recovery going forward.

Minimum wage is not a poverty reducing policy. Michael Saltsman joins Jim Blasingame to discuss recent unemployment facts and research that shows how the current level of minimum wage has actually harmed the poor and increased unemployment.

The current health care reform steps offend democracy. Pete Sepp joins Jim Blasingame to identify some of the process steps Congressional leaders are taking to pass health care reform that include passing a bill and the President signs the law without a vote by members of the House.

Reporting on progress in the war in Afghanistan, Kiplinger's Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame with the progress, and they compare this effort with that of past attempts at controlling this region.

Delivering the NFIB March report on small business conditions, Bill Dunkelberg joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the slow pace of the economic recovery, including sales, price levels, jobs growth, capital expenditures and access to credit.

There are several current business tax questions that are going unresolved by Congress, according to Pete Sepp as he joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of these, including the Alternative Minimum Tax fix, the Bush tax cuts, the research and development deduction, and others.

How much of a drain will commercial real estate have on the economic recovery? Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to report on how much of a problem this sector will be over the next year. They also cover global economic recovery, plus proposed tax issues.

Economist, Ray Keating, joins Jim Blasingame to discuss lagging consumer confidence, stubbornly slow jobs growth and how some public policy issues are holding back economic recovery.