This Week’s Agenda: Obama’s Jobs Tour, First Tea Party Debate

The Takeaway

President Barack Obama continues his jobs tour this week, with stops in Columbus, Ohio and Raleigh-Durham, N.C., rallying support for his jobs plan. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to speak at a conference on regulation of systemic risk on Thursday, five days before the Federal Open Market Committee begins its meetings next week. Tonight, is the first Tea Party debate, which GOP presidential hopefuls Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are expected to attend.  And Anthony Weiner’s old Congressional seat in New York’s ninth district is up for grabs in a special election tomorrow. Todd Zwillich,  The Takeaway’s  Washington correspondent, and  Charlie Herman, business and economics editor for WNYC and The Takeaway, look ahead at all the big stories in the news this week.

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