| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo |
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video file DVD video Region 1 rda |
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Television program |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Jim Gilmore. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: Frontline. |
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"This program was originally broadcast February 12, 2013." |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo. |
| Summary |
Examines the events leading up to the U.S. fiscal crisis of 2013, in which Congressional Republicans, in holding to strict ideological lines, threatened the Obama administration with a "fiscal cliff" that entailed a debt ceiling and sequestration. Discusses the deal made between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, and the resulting conflict between Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. |
| Language |
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Debts, Public -- United States.
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Fiscal policy -- United States.
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Government spending policy -- United States.
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Budget -- United States.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
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United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
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| Added Author |
Kirk, Michael, director, producer, screenwriter.
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Gilmore, Jim, narrator, producer.
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Wiser, Mike, producer, screenwriter.
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Kirk Documentary Group, production company.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
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PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.
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| Note |
Title on container: Cliffhanger : politics, personalities and the fiscal cliff |
| Added Title |
Frontline (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781608838837 |
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1608838838 |
| Standard No. |
841887018869 |
| Music No. |
FRL63105 PBS |
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