A crib sheet of this week’s events
The Takeaway covers this week’s hot button items. Among these are President Obama’s lift on restrictions to federally-funded stem cell research, the government’s spending bill, politicizing the recession, mortgage crackdown, market research on China, President Obama’s visit to Turkey and a “card check” legislation for unions. Joining the discussion is Marcus Mabry, international business editor at the New York Times and Todd Zwillich, a reporter for Capitol News Connection.
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