Showing posts with label GOP Insistence On Unrelated Policy Riders Shut The Government Down In 1995. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GOP Insistence On Unrelated Policy Riders Shut The Government Down In 1995. Show all posts

Thursday, April 7, 2011

FLASHBACK: GOP Insistence On Unrelated Policy Riders Shut The Government Down In 1995

This morning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the Senate floor and announced that, while Republicans and Democrats had essentially agreed what spending cuts should be included in a bill to keep the government operating, a shutdown was likely because of the GOP’s insistence on unrelated policy riders: