With government funding set to expire at midnight, House speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate majority leader Bob Dole joke with reporters at a press conference on November 13, 1995. On November 14, the federal government shut down and stayed closed for six days.
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Chris Good is a political reporter for ABC News. He was previously an associate editor at The Atlantic and a reporter for The Hill.
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