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A. Republicans in Congress were forced to compromise.

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The United States federal government was shut down from November 14, through November 19 and from December 16 and January 6 after a disagreement between the Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton (Democrat) over the budget for domestic spending cuts for the following year, this federal budget crisis ended when the Republicans in Congress were forced to compromise to a seven year budget plan that included modest cuts and tax raises, instead of the big cuts that Gingrich wanted to make mostly on Medicare and Medicaid services. This budget crisis resulted in favor of President Bill Clinton and the Democratic party, because Americans sided with them.