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BootinUp

(47,165 posts)
Sat Sep 28, 2013, 05:55 PM Sep 2013

...even if I drop to 5 percent in the polls (Clinton 1995)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_1995_and_1996#cite_ref-5


"Armey replied gruffly that if I didn't give in to them, they would shut the government down and my presidency would be over. I shot back, saying I would never allow their budget to become law, 'even if I drop to 5 percent in the polls. If you want your budget, you'll have to get someone else to sit in this chair!' Not surprisingly, we didn't make a deal." Clinton wrote, describing the mood of the discussion.

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