Well, howdy there, internet people, it's bell again. So today, we're going to talk about how

the Trump shutdown continues a GOP trend of shutdowns. As Republicans try desperately to frame a shutdown

that is occurring while they have control of the House,

the Senate, and the presidency, as somehow being the fault of Democrats? It's highlighting a trend

decades in the making. Republicans are now promising to make deeper cuts that will hurt America's

working class even more, while simultaneously trying to blame

the Democratic Party. Here's a fun fact. There have been six government shutdowns in the last 30 years.

The 1995 and the 95-96 shutdown under Clinton, the 2013 shutdown under Obama, and the 2018, the 2018-19,

and the 2025 shutdowns under Trump.

During those six shutdowns, Congress had eight different congressional balances.

That happened because some of the shutdowns last long enough for there to be a change

in the partisan makeup of Congress. As an example, Trump's 2018 to 2019 shutdown had three different

makeups in the Senate. When the shutdown started, the GOP had 51 seats, then it dropped to 50. Then it went back up to 53.

Out of those eight congressional makeups, in six of them, Republicans controlled both houses. And two of them,

each party controlled one house. And not a single government shutdown in 30 years occurred when the Democratic

Party controlled both houses. You have to go back to 1990 to find a government shutdown that

occurred when the Democratic Party controlled both houses. And in a funny twist, it was sparked by fighting between Republican Newt Gingrich

in the House and Republican President George H. W. Bush. Didn't matter. A continuing resolution

was passed even when a deal broke down and it was sent to Bush, who vetoed it, and started the shutdown. It lasted

three days. So, even when you go to find one where the Democratic Party controlled both houses,

they actually worked through Republican infighting and passed to CR, but it was rejected by a Republican president. In other words,

the shutdown was caused by the executive branch, not the legislative one. To find something comparable

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