Four days in the government shutdown of 1995 the arguments were similar.

Vault: November 17, 1995 Washington Week with The Atlantic

Premiered April 06, 2011
Vault: November 17, 1995

Four days into the government shutdown of 1995, the focus was on how to resolve the stalemate and where the political blame would be laid, on President Bill Clinton or new House GOP Leader Newt Gingrich. The arguments sound familiar: the deficit and balancing the budget.

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