Word: stopgaps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President retorted with his own lesson in etiquette. Dredging up Armey's attack on Hillary Clinton during last year's health-care debate, he said, "I never, ever have and never expect to criticize your wife or members of your family." By evening's end, Clinton had vetoed a stopgap spending measure. The next morning, 40% of the nation's federal employees awoke to find themselves on a forced vacation...
...aboard Air Force One. "This is petty," Gingrich allowed. "I'm going to say up front it's petty ...but I think it's human." He pumped a final bullet into his foot by admitting, "That's part of why you ended up with us sending down a tougher [stopgap spending bill...
That outcome was virtually assured last week when Republicans loaded up two stopgap bills, one to continue government spending and another to extend borrowing authority, with extra provisions they knew the President would not accept. The question now becomes who will bend after what will probably be a series of presidential vetoes. Emboldened by polls showing public opinion running nearly 2 to 1 against the G.O.P. budget, Clinton aides believe, as senior adviser George Stephanopoulos says, that "the bottom is falling out for the Republicans." That may be wishful thinking, but the idea of a prolonged showdown no longer worries...
...with a measure extending government spending for a few weeks. However, Clinton is expected to veto the bills because of extraneous provisions he finds unacceptable. The likely result is a brief shutdown of nonessential government operations as the two sides find a compromise on the spending measure. One possible stopgap solution to the impasse over the debt ceiling: "borrowing" from the pension and savings of federal employees...
Under what will be enormous public pressure to reach a compromise, Carney notes, the two sides may simply agree to a stopgap resolution without agreeing on a budget, in effect punting the issue until the 1996 elections: "A 'no-deal' is still a possibility. But first they have to come up with some sort of continuing resolution just to keep the government running, even if it's a continuing resolution for the whole year. At some point, there will be a very serious impact as new applicants for welfare and veterans benefits aren't able to get anything and services...