From this morning's Earlybird:

• "U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue blasted a range of White House policies Tuesday as the business lobby's fight with President Obama bounced back into the spotlight," The Hill reports.

• Six major health insurance companies funded U.S. Chamber of Commerce health care attack ads (NationalJournal.com).

• "A defense contractor accused of diverting money from an earmark provided by Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) has been scheduled for sentencing at the end of February, suggesting that his cooperation with federal agents investigating earmarks is coming to a close," Roll Call (subscription) reports.

• "A congressional commission examining the causes of the financial crisis is drawing fire even before its first public hearing gets under way" today, "with business interests complaining that some panel members' ties to a major plaintiffs law firm could aid litigants seeking to sue financial firms," the Wall Street Journal reports.