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The Gingrich Congress, not Clinton, controlled spending and gets most of the credit for the improved budget situation. That plus tax revenue from a massive tec
by Newgy 15y ago
The Gingrich Congress, not Clinton, controlled spending and gets most of the credit for the improved budget situation. That plus tax revenue from a massive tech bubble.
- jbooth 15y agohttp://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1992_2011USk_10s1li011lcn_F0t_Total_Spending#copypaste http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1992_2011... Spending increased more slowly from 92-94 before the Gingrich congress came to power, than it ever did afterwards. And Clinton didn't have to shut down the government to do it.
- rationalbeats 15y agoClinton never shut the government down. Clinton did not have the power to shut it down. Why are you changing history? I don't understand why people do that.
- ajross 15y agoYou misread. He means that the republican congress failed to reduce spending as fast as 92-94 even though they shut the government down.
- NoPiece 15y agoThe congress passed continuing resolutions that would have kept the government running. President Clinton vetoed the resolutions, so there was no money for operations. That caused major portions of the government to shut down. unless you are really trying to parse the words, I'm not sure why it isn't fair to say Clinton shut the government down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_1995_and_1996#Event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_governmen...
- OstiaAntica 15y agoGingrich passed a rescission bill that retroactively cut money from the 1994 budget.