Cliffhanger / a Frontline production with Kirk Documentary Group ; produced by Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, Mike Wiser ; written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser ; directed by Michael Kirk.

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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...

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Corporate Authors:	Kirk Documentary Group (Production company) Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Publisher) PBS Distribution (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Kirk, Michael (Director, Producer, Screenwriter) Gilmore, Jim (Narrator, Producer) Wiser, Mike (Producer, Screenwriter)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published:	[Arlington, Va.] : PBS : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2013], ©2013.
Edition:	Widescreen.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:	Debts, Public > United States. Fiscal policy > United States. Government spending policy > United States. Budget > United States. United States > Economic conditions > 2009- United States > Economic policy > 2009- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Since 2008 Budget. Debts, Public. Economic history. Economic policy. Fiscal policy. Government spending policy. United States.
Genre:	Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Cliffhanger : politics, personalities and the fiscal cliff.
Format:	Video DVD

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