Category: economy
May 30, 2001 – Tax Cut 2001 – Not Everything That Can Be Counted Counts/Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
May 30, 2001 – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 30, 2001 – Timothy McVeigh was scheduled to get a visit from his attorneys over recently uncovered FBI evidence in the Oklahoma City Bombing case and whether or not to seek a second
May 17, 2006 – Enron: The Jury Gets The Case – The Border Gets Another Fence – Bush Signs Another Tax Cut
May 17, 2006 – NPR Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 17, 2006 – Twelve years, and you’d think the world would have changed forever. No. This day, like many other days, the same news was happening – different people, different places and maybe different circumstances. But
March 29, 1952 – President Truman: Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner – Presidents Being Presidential
President Truman: Jefferson-Jackson Day Address – March 29, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Truman addressing fellow Democrats at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner on March 29, 1952. Harry S. Truman had the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Franklin Roosevelt when, as vice-President, he was thrust
Life In Post-War America – Wage And Price Controls In 1946 – Past Daily Reference Room
People’s Platform – “Should Price Controls Be Maintained?’ – March 2, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The issue of Price controls – one which has been an issue throughout U.S. history, was especially prevalent during World War 2. A price ceiling will prevent prices from exceeding a certain
Government Shut Downs – 1995/96 – 2013 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Rooom
Government Shutdown – November 14, 1995 – December 15, 1995 – CBS Radio – NPR News Morning Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Govt. shutdown – Nov. 14, 1995 Government Shutdown – October 1, 2013 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It’s happened again, another government
G. Mennen Williams Goes To Africa – Meet The Press – 1961 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room
G. Mennen Williams – Meet The Press – Discussion on Africa – March 28, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Assistant Secretary Of State for African Affairs G. Mennen Williams returned from a month-long tour of sixteen African nations, he returned with a suitcase full of mixed messages.
November 22, 1962 – Showdown On Tax Reform – Taking A Breather In The India-China War
November 22, 1962 – NBC Radio News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 22, 1962 – A busy Thanksgiving Day in 1962. On Capitol Hill, an uproar over the new Tax Reform package and fears it may be shot down. Congressional leaders were putting the brakes