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Raise the Roof: Debt Crisis Averted, But Debate Far From...

Raise the Roof: Debt Crisis Averted, But Debate Far From Over

Aired 08/02/2011

PBS News Hour

Raise the Roof: Debt Crisis Averted, But Debate Far From...

Clip: 8/2/2011 | 12m 40s

Raise the Roof: Debt Crisis Averted, But Debate Far From Over

The Senate passed a bipartisan agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and cut spending Tuesday. President Obama quickly signed the deal, but it couldn't stop a sell-off on Wall Street. Jeffrey Brown discusses the compromise bill with University of California, Berkeley's Robert Reich and Stanford University's John Taylor.

Aired 08/02/2011

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