FRONTLINE investigated how a clash of politics and personalities in 20122013 took the U.S. economy to the edge of the “fiscal cliff.” (Aired 2013)

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Based on interviews with key Republican and Democratic players including former Speaker of the House John Boehner, former White House adviser Gene Sperling and President Obama’s former Chief of Staff William Daley, “Cliffhanger” investigated how a struggle over America’s debt ceiling and deficit problems led to a bitter, highstakes standoff.

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CHAPTERS:
Prologue 00:00
Republicans Elected in the 2010 Midterms 0:49
The "Young Guns:" Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan 08:41
The President and the House Speaker’s Grand Bargain 15:41
Another Deal from the Senate 25:212
Teetering on the Fiscal Cliff 35:02
Credits 51:57