The Budget Battle

Following the twists and turns of the ongoing budget battle between Republican leaders in Congress and the White House can be more than a little confusing. Who said what when? How have each side's positions changed? To help you sort things out, here is a list of CNN stories on the budget over the past few months:

January 27, 1996

• Next up in the budget battle: playing the debt-ceiling card -Full Story-
• Clinton radio address - 'The era of big government is over'
• GOP radio address - 'Let the American spirit soar'
• Third federal shutdown averted -Full Story-

January 25, 1996

• Progress seen on debt, spending -Full Story-

January 24, 1996

• GOP eases hard line on budget -Full Story-

January 21, 1996

• Republican leader threatens default on U.S. debt -Full Story-

January 19, 1996

• Republicans disclose details of Clinton capital gains tax cut -Full Story-

January 17, 1996

• Republicans abruptly cancel budget talks -Full Story-

January 16, 1996

• Leaders to try again on budget -Full Story-

January 14, 1996

• Shutdown, debt ceiling removed from GOP arsenal -Full Story-

January 11, 1996

• Clinton proposes partial budget deal -Full Story-

January 10, 1996

• Hopes for budget deal wither -Full story-
• Budget talks: Closer but still far apart -Full Story-
• Budget in brief -Chart-

January 9, 1996

• Budget talks suspended for a week -Full story-

January 7, 1996

• Budget in the balance -Full story-
• Clinton, Gore welcome back federal employees -Full Story-

January 6, 1996

• Record-breaking federal shutdown ends -Full story-
• Partial government shutdown turns to partial reopening -Full Story-
• Congress ends federal furlough, restores funds to some agencies -Full Story-

January 5, 1996

• House passes bill to send federal employees back to work -Full Story-
• House GOP drafts plan to pay federal workers -Full Story-

January 4, 1996

• Budget impasse has human consequences -Full Story-
• House rejects measure to reopen government -Full Story-
• Judge orders Virgin Islands beach reopened -Full Story-

January 3, 1996

• House fails to overcome vetoes -Full Story-
• Govt. can require work without pay -Full Story-
• Budget talks termed "constructive' -Full Story-
• Senate votes to reopen government -Full Story-

January 2, 1996

• Senate OKs measure to reopen government -Full Story-
• Late-day budget meeting set; unpaid workers go to court -Full Story-

January 1, 1996

• Miffed federal employees watch and wait -Full Story-

December 31, 1995

• Budget talks wait for New Year's break -Full Story-
• Day 16: Still no budget agreement -Full Story-
• Budget talks indicate progress -Full Story-
• Bureau of Mines buried by Republican budget cuts -Full Story-
• Budget stalemate may mean lower air fares if ticket tax expires -Full Story-

December 30, 1995

• Clinton calls for New Year's resolution to solve budget impasse -Full Story-
• President Clinton's radio address -Transcript-
• Budget impasse forces Hopi community to free 27 prisoners -Full Story-
• Liberty Bell makes a crack in federal shutdown -Full Story-
• Budget impasse closes popular resort in Blue Ridge Mountains -Full Story-
• NASA telescope launched despite budget battle -Full Story-

December 29, 1995

• Gingrich offers a little hope -Full Story-
• Budget impasse slowly affecting private sector -Full Story-

December 28, 1995

• Broad review under way in budget talks -Full Story-
• Yosemite closure hits businesses hard -Full Story-

December 27, 1995

• Low-level budget talks resume -Full Story-

December 26, 1995

• Republicans warn Treasury on debt limit -Full Story-
• Balanced budget: Economists weigh the pros and cons -Full Story-

December 25, 1995

• Balancing federal budget means new balancing acts in localities -Full Story-

December 23, 1995

• Budget negotiations on hold for a week -Full Story-
• Clinton's radio address -Full Transcript-
• Republican radio address -Full Transcript-

December 22, 1995

• Budget impasse continues amid mix of pessimism, hope -Full Story-

December 21, 1995

• Senators offer bi-partisan budget plan -Full Story-

December 20, 1995

• Defiant House torpedoes budget deal -Full Story-
• Partial shutdown may delay veterans', welfare checks -Full Story-
• Budget talks stall again -Full Story-

December 19, 1995

• Clinton, Gingrich, Dole break the ice -Full Story-
• Clinton, GOP both blamed for continuing deadlock -Poll results-
• Few happy campers at Yosemite -Full Story-
• All talk, no negotiating on budget -Full Story-

December 18, 1995

• Clinton and Republicans propose talks on budget -Full Story-
• Government shutdown II -Full Story-
• Partial shutdown continues with no end in sight -Full Story-

December 17, 1995

• Moderates try to bridge budget gap -Full Story-

December 16, 1995

• Budget impasse sends government into second partial shutdown -Full Story-
• President Clinton's weekly radio address -Transcript-
• GOP response -Transcript-

December 15, 1995

• Budget talks quickly collapse -Full Story-
• Budget talks break down again -Full Story-
• Budget deadline looms again -Full Story-

December 14, 1995

• White House, GOP to swap budget offers -Full Story-
• Negotiators set for final budget push -Full Story-

December 13, 1995

• Federal workers brace for second shutdown -Full Story-
• Negotiators set for final budget push -Full Story-

December 12, 1995

• Hints of compromise on budget -Full Story-

December 11, 1995

• $135 billion windfall could ease budget negotiations -Full Story-
• Signs hopeful for budget agreement -Full Story-
• Budget battle continues as new deadline nears -Full Story-

December 10, 1995

• Gingrich pushes balanced budget message -Full Story-

December 9, 1995

• Clinton vows to veto budget cuts on health care -Full Story-
• GOP, White House dig in for another budget standoff -Full Story-
• Yule gift for Pentagon: an extra $7 billion -Full Story-

December 8, 1995

• Budget negotiations on hold -Full Story-
• Clinton's new budget plan finds $140 billion more in savings -Full Story-

December 7, 1995

• White House says new budget is firm -Full Story-
• Clinton vetoes GOP budget, will offer own version -Full Story-

December 6, 1995

• Clinton vetoes GOP budget plan -Full Story-

December 1, 1995

• Budget negotiations on hold -Full Story-

November 30, 1995

• GOP adamant on balanced budget -Full Story-

November 26, 1995

• White House and Congress set to battle over budget and Bosnia -Full Story-

November 25, 1995

• Administration, GOP maneuver ahead of budget talks -Full Story-
• EPA enforcement slowed by budget cuts -Full Story-

November 24, 1995

• Budget negotiations to begin next week -Full Story-

November 21, 1995

• Washington braces for the real budget battle -Full Story-
• Budget politics: Everyone claims victory -Full Story-
• Lessons learned from battle -Full Story-
• Federal shutdown roundup -Special Page-

November 19, 1995

• Commitment to a seven-year balanced budget -Full Story-
• Poll: Budget showdown affects candidate ratings -Full Story-
• Shutdown touches many lives across U.S. -Full Story-
• Grand Canyon closed by budget rift -Full Story-

November 18, 1995

• Clinton dubs latest budget proposal 'dead on arrival' -Full Story-
• House takes break from budget battle -Full Story-
• Clinton: chance to reopen government fading -Full Story-

November 17, 1995

• Day four and no end in sight -Full Story-
• Interior rejects proposal to open Grand Canyon -Full Story-
• Highlights of the GOP balanced budget plan -Full Story-
• Washington Notebook: 'Shutdown' a wild ride at Disneyland-by-the-Potomac -Full Story-

November 16, 1995

• Democrats taunt GOP with diapered Newt -Full Story-
• Gingrich comment on shutdown labeled 'bizarre' by White House -Full Story-

November 15, 1995

• Americans blame GOP for budget mess -Full Story-

November 14, 1995

• Deadline passes; budget talks fail to avert shutdown -Full Story-
• Federal workers bear brunt of budget breakdown -Full Story-
• Text of Clinton's government shutdown address -Full Story-
• Congressional GOP leaders' statements on the budget -Full Story-

November 13, 1995

• President, congressional leaders hold 11th-hour meeting -Full Story-
• Experts predict little fallout from federal shutdown -Full Story-
• What's open, closed in partial government shutdown -Full Story-
• Glossary of budget terms -Full Story-
• Countdown to shutdown? CNN transcripts -Full Story-
• Transcripts of interviews: Clinton, Gore, Rivlin -Full Story-

November 12, 1995

• Down to the wire on budget stalemate -Full Story-
• Countdown to shutdown? (chart) -Full Story-
• Dole: President has 'abdicated his responsibility' -Full Story-

November 11, 1995

• Bickering scuttles talks between White House, GOP -Full Story-
• Budget talks fall through -Full Story-
• Clinton appeals to GOP to avert shutdown -Full Story-
• If budget train wrecks, who will be hurt? -Full Story-

November 10, 1995

• Congress debates VA budget cuts -Full Story-
• Full text of Clinton's budget address -Full Story-
• Poll: Budget pruning may have cost GOP -Full Story-
• Panetta says GOP Congress trying to force ideas -Full Story-

November 9, 1995

• Congress OKs debt limit extension -Full Story-
• Government default could raise interest rates -Full Story-

November 5, 1995

• Radio addresses: Clinton, GOP clash on budget -Full Story-

October 29, 1995

• Threat of veto overshadows GOP budget bill -Full Story-

October 28, 1995

• Moving ahead with GOP budget plan -Full Story-
• Senate passes GOP budget bill -Full Story-

October 27, 1995

• Budget battle belies room for compromise -Full Story-
• Senate poised to pass Republican budget -Full Story-

October 26, 1995

• House passes GOP budget plan -Full Story-
• House, Senate near budget approval -Full Story-

October 25, 1995

• Senate tackles budget bill -Full Story-

October 21, 1995

• Dems foiled in budget power play -Full Story-

October 13, 1995

• Clinton, House exchange budget dares -Full Story-

October 11, 1995

• Nobody budging on balanced budget -Full Story-

October 7, 1995

• President, GOP blame each other for budget problems -Full Story-

September 30, 1995

• Budget woes and setbacks -Full Story-

September 29, 1995

• Budget cuts shut down OTA -Full Story-

September 27, 1995

• Budget cutters take hard look at Social Security -Full Story-

September 24, 1995

• Budget battles between Congress, Clinton -Full Story-

September 22, 1995

• Gingrich against budget -Full Story-
• Republican Medicare plan short on detail -Full Story-

September 20, 1995

• Medicare anger boils over -Full Story-

September 17, 1995

• Partisan battles continue over budget -Full Story-

September 16, 1995

• Battle lines drawn on Medicare -Full Story-
• Democrats fan out to fight for Medicare -Full Story-

August 26, 1995

• Washington Notebook: How bad would shutdown be? -Full Story-

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