Grace-Marie and Jim talk about some of the progress that's being made in getting more competition in the healthcare marketplace, including -- and this is very exciting -- Medicare.

Steve and Jim talk about the upcoming ACCE conference in Cleveland, and some of the exciting things happening in Cleveland as a result of good partnerships between business and government.

Sam talks with Jim about the most recent Tatum survey of business conditions and the news is not so good. Tatum fears an economic slowdown is in progress.

Marlo talks with Jim about the effort by some groups to try to get the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce carbon dioxide standards for cars based on the Kyoto Protocol. This controversy is in the court system and will be heard by the Supreme Court this year. <br></br>

Bill joins Jim to talk about our national energy policy and what we can do to be come less dependent on foreign energy sources.

Giovanni reports on some of the current small business issues currently being debated in Congress, such as minimum wage increase, estate tax and immigration.

When the NFIB talks, politicians listen. Sharon is one of the people politicians talk with to convince them that they will support small business issues with their votes on future legislation. Sharon talks with Jim about this, as well as about how the NFIB is helping employers get their employees involved in the public policy debate.

America is growing entrepreneurs and the NFIB is helping. Hank joins Jim to talk about some of the things the NFIB is doing to encourage our young folks to think about working for and starting small business, including over $500,000 in annual scholarships.

Lisa talks with Jim about some of the key political issues that attendees of the 2006 Small Business Summit are going to be talking with their Congressional delegations about on Capital Hill this week.

Todd welcomes Jim to the 2006 NFIB Small Business Summit and talks about what attendees will be doing. He goes on to talk about his vision for the NFIB as its new leader.