democrats to raise them in 1990. by 1993 the anti-tax side on the fight was claiming vindication. 1993 was also the first time in 12 years democrats controlled the white house. the gop had grown far more conservative in that time and the demand was high for republican leaders in washington to fight the new president tooth and nail on everything. and so clinton s modest tax increase became in the words of seemingly every republican in washington in 1993 the largest tax increase in american history. what s more, republicans made some very specific claims about what would happen if the budget was enacted. when it passed the house on a 218-216 vote on the night of august 5, 1993, this is what they said. we re going to come back here next year. there will be higher deficits. there will be more spending. it will continue to have a very slow economy. people aren t going to go to work. i believe this will lead to recession next year. this is the democrat machine s recession. and each one o
decade, george bush sr. gets credit for that as well. the idea of a republican president doing what george bush sr. did in 1990, the idea 6 the top republican in the senate, bob dole, going along with it. the republican party has changed dramatically on this. it seemed to change back then, in the last 20 years, where it s unthinkable you have a republican president and significant number of republicans in congress voting for something like this. in 1991 it s a telling lesson, because there was a recession after bush passed this, we lost an elections because bush lied so we ll never do this again. read my lips. yes. i was at heritage foundation this week, not actually to celebrate the heritage foundation s health care mandate but for ted cruz to talk about health care. he said republicans stood strong in 1990 and we had balanced
possibility of an election afterward because you had a president coming in during a recession. maybe some republicans knew how long it would last or what the curve might be. but note the lesson they took from that and i think mitch mcconnell more than anyone else in the house, immediately after the health care vote, house republicans released a video from aerosmith. if you re looking for an analog to 1993 that s probably it, saying this is going to destroy everything, collapse under its own weight, cause businesses to shudder. it s the same argument. you could keep public opinion aside, no matter how it s affecting them, you see republicans do that when they convince people not to lobby in favor of the laws, it s partisan and obviously flawed.
when president clinton famously said he thought he d raised taxes too much at a fund-raiser, i know a lot of democrats were unhappy with him for saying that, felt he took the tough vote and then he undercut them. how did you feel at that moment? i said, oh, my. yeah, that is i would love to we re a minute over for this segment. i m sorry. thanks to msnbc contributor jared bernstein and avik roy. i have found myself feeling sorry for joe biden lately and i want to explain why. a? that s a great choice. let me show you some faucets to go along with that. with the latest styles and guaranteed low prices, you can turn the bath you have into the bath you want. good choice. more saving. more doing. that s the power of the home depot. right now, this abbey vanity combo is a special buy. just $299.
state senators recall. look, not only is this a nongun control group on the right that s involved. the message here has nothing to do with gun control. they re talking about obama care, stopping it is the government takeover of health care. my reading on this is a little cynical. it s the conservative movement at large saw an opportunity to overturn elections. marjorie, you as an elected official don t get to constitute your recall election. the people decide that. that s a constitutional fundamental right as upheld by a judge in denver court. we live in a representative system where our elected officials go and they represent the interests of their district. you know, in deference to dave, this isn t just a recall election driven by a small group of people. he mentioned 5,000 people. there were over 16,000 people in the area that signed a petition for recall just for senator john