• "Concerned that emerging healthcare reform legislation could erode their ability to advise and advertise to potential clients, health insurance agents and brokers will mobilize on Capitol Hill this week to lobby lawmakers on the high-stakes measure," CongressDailyAM (subscription) reports. "The coalition of insurance consultant groups, overshadowed by well-financed stakeholders like physicians' groups and pharmaceutical companies, hopes to protect the role of licensed brokers and ensure against the implementation of potentially burdensome rules governing how and when they can sell coverage plans."

• "The battle over climate legislation will now pit the country's top power sources against each other," the New York Times reports. "Saying they failed to protect their interests as a landmark bill came together and passed the House last month, natural gas executives are forming a strategy to influence rewrites in the Senate."