House Republicans readies short-term bill to prevent government shutdown. http://bit.ly/eZhuLP I think last time we had one, there was a balanced budget.
The 1995 “shutdown” of the United States federal government was the result of a conflict between Democratic President Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress over funding for Medicare, education, the environment and public health. It took place after Clinton vetoed the spending bill which Congress sent him. Thereupon, the Federal government of the United States put non-essential government workers on furlough and suspended non-essential services from November 14 through November 19, 1995 and from December 16, 1995 to January 6, 1996 (see budget crisis). The major players were President Bill Clinton and the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich.
According to data from the Congressional Budget Office the U.S. Budget had more revenues than outlays in MCMXCVIII. It’s MMXI, I see no reason why this isn’t possible today. Just the facts.
SHUT IT DOWN!!!!
A couple more ideas to balance the budget(I have not researched this proposals), they are biased & I can NOT vouch for their merits. http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/11/15/balance-the-u-s-budget-it-did-it-in-under-a-minute/ & http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/10/how-to-cut-343-billion-from-the-federal-budget