From this morning's Earlybird:

• "It doesn't matter who the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee is to K Street, because Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been the de facto power behind the panel for some time, according to lobbyists and congressional staffers," The Hill reports.

• "In an action it hopes would create jobs and increase economic fairness, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. announced on Wednesday that it will sponsor two 'Weeks of Action' against the nation's major banks," the New York Times reports.

• "Pressure is building on the White House and Congress to resolve an almost year-old dispute over Mexican truck access to U.S. highways, which has led to costly tariffs on U.S. exports to that country," CongressDailyAM (subscription) reports. "Interest groups are ramping up in advance of" next Wednesday's "anniversary of Congress' move to block the cross-border trucking program that was part of the North American Free Trade Agreement."