Yes, IIRC.
It was like an unscheduled paid vacation. Clinton told the bureaucRATS and union thugs not to worry, they'd get paid, and then blamed the shutdown on the Republicans.
That's where we learned of the "non-essential employees". If they're not needed...
GET RID OF THEM!
Now the GOP conservatives plan to send a CR which funds eveything BUT ObamaCare, and let him reject it. Then they will overtly blame him for it.
The People hate the ACA.