WASHINGTON - AUGUST 06: Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers Christina Romer (L) listens to a question from the audience relayed by Club President David Rubenstein (R) during a breakfast meeting of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. August 6, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington, DC. Romer spoke on whether the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was working at its five-month mark.