![]() ![]() GONYEA: The GOP paid a political price, and that shutdown was a cautionary tale for years. ![]() I mean, it's gotten to the point where it's a little ridiculous as far as this senator is concerned. Senate leader Bob Dole, a fellow Republican, signaled the end in this floor speech on New Year's Eve.īOB DOLE: We ought to end this. Eventually, it became clear that the public was not behind Gingrich. That was followed by a second 21-day shutdown, the longest to date, that ran into the new year. The government partially closed for seven days. GONYEA: David Rohde of Duke says the clash was about ideology, the role of government. ROHDE: That pair of shutdowns was for a different reason and had a different pattern than the ones that happened before. NEWT GINGRICH: And we think all the president has to do is commit to a seven-year balanced budget with honest numbers and an honest scoring system. President Clinton said he was committed to a balanced budget but not using the Republicans' numbers.ĬLINTON: Congress has failed to pass the straightforward legislation necessary to keep the government running without imposing sharp hikes in Medicare premiums and deep cuts in education and the environment. Newt Gingrich was the speaker and wanted deep budget cuts. GONYEA: Republicans had control of the House for the first time in 40 years. Bill Clinton was president.īILL CLINTON: The government is partially shutting down. But then came the fall and winter of 1995 and '96. He says, back then, if Congress missed the deadline, then there'd be a short shutdown but with the understanding and expectation that a compromise could be readily found. GONYEA: That's David Rohde, a political scientist at Duke University. GONYEA: But there are some big differences between those early government shutdowns and what we see today.ĭAVID ROHDE: They tended to revolve around bargaining over, basically, routine governmental activities. And you can lay this right on the majority party in the House of Representatives. RONALD REAGAN: This has been typical of what has happened ever since we've been here. A partial government shutdown - services deemed non-essential stop. GONYEA: That tape aired on NPR more than 34 years ago, and that part of this story hasn't changed all that much. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: The Federal Job Information Center is now closed until further notice due to lack of appropriated funds. You're wondering about job openings in the federal government. NPR's Don Gonyea looks back at how past shutdowns have been resolved and why it may prove harder this time.ĭON GONYEA, BYLINE: Say it's 1984, October. Back in the 1990s, it took President Bill Clinton and the Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich a record 21 days to settle an impasse. It is Day 18 of the partial federal government shutdown, making it one of the longest in history. ![]()
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