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Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
Clinton shut down the Government twice because he didn't want to sign the Republican's bloated budget. I hardly say that was by accident.
Man, people have short memories...
-Wayne
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That's not what happened. The Republican congress had a spending bill that would have caused some Medicare recipients to pay higher premiums or copayments than they had. Clinton refused to sign the bill. The government was shut down because the Congress refused to pass temporary spending authorizations.
The Republican budget wasn't bloated, it just cut too much in areas Clinton didn't agree with. Eventually, a compromise was reached.