Is this new team really that much different from the last team or is the Chamber just gloating? The new team is obviously center-right but so was the last team. The President has been center-right on the economy from the beginning. The Hill:
"To be sure, November's election results, the tax package, progress on Korea trade agreement, and a new tone coming out of the White House have addressed some of the business community's immediate concerns,” Donohue said Tuesday. “Yet uncertainty among companies, lenders, and investors still abounds.
"Our approach in Washington will be to call them as we see them. We'll continue to have our differences with the White House on some issues but we'll work together on other issues. We'll support the new House leadership on many occasions, and we'll work with Democratic legislators as well, but no one should expect the Chamber to march in lock step with anyone."
The business lobby fought against healthcare and financial services reform legislation pushed by President Obama in 2010, and then campaigned against vulnerable Democrats in the House who supported those initiatives. In the months before the election, the White House suggested the group was using foreign-sourced money for its electioneering, a charge the Chamber said the administration offered no proof to support.
