4. The First President Bush And His 1990 Government Shutdown
Sometimes, the biggest problem that causes government shutdowns is the President of the United States is on one side, and Congress is on the other side of the political world. When it comes to the government shutdown of 1990, this is exactly what happened. President G.W. Bush was a Republican, and the Democrats held the majority of votes for both the House and the Senate. As we have seen several times before this and since the Republican and the Democrats do not often agree on government spending.
The bottom line was that the president refused to sign any continuing resolution bill that was not paired with a deficit reduction plan because the government was not financially stable and he wanted to work to change that. On top of that, Bush wanted to see a pledge so he could make sure it would get done in the future. However, Congress failed on this mission and then was unable to override the president’s veto, so America went into a government shutdown for three days. To end it, Congress gave the president what he wanted.