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Take Two

A look back at the last government shutdown

By Take Two Staff
Published Oct 7, 2013
US Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (L), R-GA, shakes hands with US President Bill Clinton (R), as First Lady Hillary Clinton (2nd-R) and US Representative Barbara Kennelly (C), D-CT, watches before the President signed the Balanced Budget Agreement on the South Lawn of the White House 05 August in Washington.
US Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (L), R-GA, shakes hands with US President Bill Clinton (R), as First Lady Hillary Clinton (2nd-R) and US Representative Barbara Kennelly (C), D-CT, watches before the President signed the Balanced Budget Agreement on the South Lawn of the White House 05 August in Washington.
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PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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A look back at the last government shutdown

The big news of the day is really no news. There have been no real movement on efforts to resolve the government shut down.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid traded insults with House Speaker John Boehner, but no negotiations are scheduled and much of the government remains idled. With nothing happening in the present, we thought it might be smart to revisit the past, and the other big impasse that shut down the government in the winter of 1995 and 96.