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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics

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To: koan who wrote (6713)1/10/2012 4:57:34 PM
From: Brian Sullivan2 Recommendations   of 85487
 
<<Can liberals govern without bankrupting a nation?
>Look at what good shape the country was in when Clinton left!

That is because the Republicans were governing Congress for the last 6 years of the Clinton Administration.
There was something called Graham-Rudmann and all new spending programs had to had to be paid for.
The Dot Com bubble also helped.

More than the President it is Congress that controls spending.

1995-1996
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Senate Majority: Republican
House Majority: Republican

1997-1998
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Senate Majority: Republican
House Majority: Republican

1999-2000
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Senate Majority: Republican
House Majority: Republican
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