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====Government Shutdowns in the 1990s====
[[File:Ap 126625286891 custom-f3c16057c80a180f23b215d389d5efbf44b05327-s800-c85.jpg|thumbthumbnail|left|250px|Figure 2. The long government shutdown between 1995 and 1996 may have led to the Republican's defeat in the 1996 elections. ]]
The first shutdown of the 1990s occurred during George H Bush's term from October 6-8th 1990. This shutdown was very minor in that it only affected a few thousand employees, primarily national park and museum employees were affected, with a cost to the economy between $2-3 million. In large part, this was because the shutdown occurred over a holiday period. The main dispute was Bush's desire to increase taxes and make major reductions to Medicare. Eventually, he and Congress compromised by not making large tax increases, with only wealthy individuals seeing their taxes rise, and reductions to government spending proposed were reduced.
