Amid squabbling and congressional deadlock, associations staunchly defended turf West Wharton Coster Even by modern-day standards, 2011 was a difficult, bitterly contentious year in politics—grinding budget battles, complex regulation changes, a debt ceiling standoff that brought the country to the brink of default and, finally, the collapse of a “supercommittee” charged with devising bipartisan solutions. “The business community in large numbers is saying to our leaders in Washington, ‘Do your job,’” Business Roundtable President John Engler said midyear in a letter sent to Congress by a coalition of associations. The frustration… Read More