British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is in Washington today to meet with President Obama. Mr. Brown has urged “global cooperation” in the face of a monster of an economic crisis that countries around the world are forced to deal with. Treasury Secretary Geithner is testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee on the White House’s fiscal year 2010 budget proposals. Let’s just say this should be a “spirited” conversation. More on that later. And of course, we’ll be watching what the markets will do today, after sinking to the 1997 level yesterday.