Monday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Back at it today. The holidays are over.

The President returns to Washington from Hawaii later today. He's in for a rough transition weather wise. It's freezing here in D.C. -- as it is in much of the country. Yesterday was one of the coldest days I've experienced in a long time.

The House and Senate both convene tomorrow -- but won't be doing "real" work. The Senate is holding a "pro forma" session and won't be actually operational until January 20th.

In the meantime, we expect House and Senate leaders to be working out the details of the final health care bill. We'll be hearing a lot about that over the next couple weeks. The longer that process drags out, the less likely it is that we'll see anything else of significance pass in 2010.

So, let's get it started....