If I remember it correctly, NO ONE EVEN NOTICED! and Reagan went on to win a 2nd term in a landslide.
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Clinton was the POTUS then (’92-2000). GOP controlled House and Senate from ‘94 on and brought about budget cuts, etc., that the Dems still credit Clinton for doing.
yeah I was talking about two different events at the same time and confused the issue
Reagan’s famous quote when threatened with shutdown was “Let’s shut it down, and see if anyone notices”
And when Gingrich was speaker and they DID shut it down, no one except the media noticed. If anything the people were pissed that all federal workers got a free paid vacation.