LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

US budget crisis

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

11 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:25

Description

Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports on the USA budget crisis and possible implications globally, after President Bill Clinton’s announcement the government will have spent its entire overdraft within four days and have to temporary lay off workers and shut down services should the Republican Party continue to refuse more money. Speakers are White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta; Republican House Leader Newt Gringrich; Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. With recorded US Treasury message on the US government’s daily bank balance.

Contributors

Simon Marks; Newt Gingrich; Leon Panetta; Robert Rubin

Keywords

USA; Politics; National budgets; Bill Clinton; Republican Party

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