A Game of National Chicken Between the House Speaker and the President (2256 words, 9 pages)
On Tuesday, November 14, 1995, in what has been perceived as the years biggestnon-event, the federal government shut down all "non-essential"services due to what was, for all intents and purposes, a game of national"chicken" between the House Speaker and the President. And, at anestimated cost of 200 million dollars a ...
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