Does health care legislation still have some hurdles that could derail passage? Could the Democrats lose their majority as a result of their policies? Rich Galen and Jim Blasingame talk about these issues, plus Rich makes a bold prediction.

What are the big policy issues facing small business for 2010? Brad Close and Jim Blasingame discuss health care reform, cap and trade and the pro-union Card Check bill. Plus a recent poll of small business owners on how they feel about the proposed cap and trade legislation.

What new taxes and tax increases will be levied as a result of proposed legislation such as the health care reform bill? Pete Sepp and Jim Blasingame review this list of new taxes.

Grace-Marie Turner joins Jim Blasingame about her appearance on the Stossel Show on Fox Business discussing the benefits of employees becoming better health care consumers through the funding of their corporate benefits.

Senior Editor, Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to report on economic momentum for 2010, Congress' failure to address key tax issues, raising the national debt ceiling, and other issues of the day.

How does a small business owner become an accidental criminal? Marie Gryphon joins Jim Blasingame to discuss a defect in Federal laws - omission of the mens rea language - that can cause business owners to be charges as criminals without any criminal intent or even any fraud, damage or injury occurring.

What are the small business compliance and tax details of the proposed health care legislation? Grace-Marie Turner reports on this with Jim Blasingame, including the tax and regulatory compliance details she has found in the Senate document.

Bill Dunkelberg and Jim Blasingame report on the November 09 NFIB Report on small business conditions and the news is not good. Small businesses are not optimistic about sales, profits, hiring and especially the uncertainty of the impact of proposed legislation.

Reporting on The Small Business Survival Index for 2009, Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to reveal how the recession impacted the behavior of state as they made tax and regulatory decisions to shore up declining revenue.

What the government doesn't know about creating jobs could be the longest book in the world. Wayne Allyn Root joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the misplaced effort and misguided small business jobs creation policies of the Obama administration.