US budget crisis

Title

US budget crisis

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

5 Jan 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:03:50

Description

For weeks now, employees of US central government have been left unpaid including embassy workers around the world, due to a government shutdown and unbalanced budget. Washington correspondent Simon Marks reports. Contributions from President Bill Clinton, Republican Congressman Bob Franks, and civil servants’ union spokesman John Sturdevant(?).

Contributors

Bill Clinton; Simon Marks; Bob Franks; John Sturdevant(?)

Keywords

USA; Budgets; Government; Wages; Embassies and consulates; Civil servants; National budgets

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