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Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, dumps out coal, which he called a Christmas gift to President Clinton, during a Capitol Hill news conference Thursday Dec. 21, 1995 to discuss the federal budget. The White House and Congressional Republicans labored Thursday to restart balanced budget talks and grappled with the impact of a six-day partial government shutdown. Rep. Bill Paxon, R-N.Y., left, and House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas look on. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin) ( BUDGET SHUTDOWN )

House Speaker Newt Gingrich holds a sheet of budget figures on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, during a meeting to discuss the federal budget impasse. Hundreds of thousands of government workers got another day off Wednesday as President Clinton and the Republican Congress remained at odds over budget priorities. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette) ( BUDGET SHUTDOWN )

President Bill Clinton signs his veto of a temporary borrowing bill in the Oval Office Monday, Nov. 13, 1995. Clinton accused Republicans of prompting the budget impasse to impose their budget priorities on him. The government faces a midnight Monday shutdown if the conflict is not resolved. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ( CLINTON BALANCED BUDGET )

Washington Monument visitors wait for tickets, foreground, as those with ticket enter the monument, Friday Nov. 10, 1995 in Washington. Despite internal Republican differences, the House labored Friday to adopt temporary spending and borrowing bills, setting up a veto showdown with President Clinton next week. The last time the government shutdown in Oct.1990, all museums and monuments were closed. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin) ( BALANCED BUDGET )

In this Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, file photo, U.S. Park Service Police Officer P.G. Carroll stands in front of closed signs at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, during a partial shutdown of the federal government. There have been 17 government shutdowns since 1976, ranging in length from one to 21 days. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File) ( Shutdown Market Reaction )

Mike Fetters afixes a closed sign on a door at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum in Washington Tuesday Nov. 14, 1995 as parts of the federal government were shutdown due a federal budget impasse between President Clinton and the Republican Congress. Moments later, the sign was taken down and the museum opened as all Smithsonian museums in Washington were told from their headquarters to stay open until further notice. (AP Photo/Doug Mills) ( USA )

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., right, along with Congressional Republicans, gestures during a meeting on Capitol Hill Tuesday Nov. 14, 1995 with Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, left, and others to discuss the federal budget impasse. Left side, from left are, Rubin, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, Budget Director Alice Rivlin, and Rep. Martin Olav Sabo, D-Minn., Right side, from left are, Rep. Robert Walker, R-Pa., House Budget Commitee Chairman Rep. John Kasich, R-Ohio, and Domenici. Men at rear are unidentified. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette) ( BUDGET SHUTDOWN )

Tourists look at the national Christmas tree from behind locked gates Saturday Dec. 16, 1995 in Washington after the display was closed due to a federal budget shutdown. Parts of the federal government were ordered shut down today as President Clinton blamed the Republican Congress for attempting to force unacceptable cuts in programs affecting the lives of children, the elderly and the poor. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson) ( BUDGET SHUTDOWN )

A sign hangs in the window of an information booth Saturday Dec. 16, 1995 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington announcing the temporary closure of the attraction due to the government shutdown. Parts of the federal government were ordered shut down Saturday as President Clinton blamed the Republican Congress for attempting to force unacceptable cuts in programs affecting the lives of children, the elderly and the poor.(AP Photo/Mark Wilson) ( BUDGET SHUTDOWN )

The Capitol Rotunda remains empty Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1995, as the partial shutdown of the federal government continued. Hundreds of thousands of government workers got another day off Wednesday as President Clinton and the Republican Congress, after futile private discussions and bitter public recriminations, remained at odds over budget priorities. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette) ( BUDGET SHUTDOWN )

Dave Glass, of Baltimore, a federal government computer assistant, right, and about 100 other furloughed Social Security Administration workers gather at the Arthur J. Altmeyer Building Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1995 in Woodlawn, Md., to protest the temporary government shutdown. (AP Photo/Gary Sussman) ( WORKERS PROTEST )

President Clinton shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas and Vice President Gore shakes hands with House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia during their Oval Office meeting Tuesday Dec. 19, 1995 to discuss the federal budget impasse. Budget talks collapsed Wednesday after President Clinton scuttled an Oval office meeting with Republican leaders and accused "the most extreme" House Republicans of reneging on a deal that could have ended the government's partial shutdown. (AP Photo/White House) ( CLINTON BUDGET )

In this Dec. 31, 1995, file photo, President Bill Clinton meets with House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Ga., left, and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, to grapple with competing balanced budget plans. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File) ( Shutdowns Through History )

Federal workers hold a demonstration outside the State Department in Washington Wednesday Jan. 3, 1995 to protest the partial federal government shutdown. House Republican leaders dismissed a Senate plan that would send idled federal workers back to work. President Clinton and Republican leaders have scheduled another White House bargaining session Wednesday in their search for a budget-balancing pact. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) ( BUDGET SHUTDOWN )