One of my friends found CNN’s index page for its coverage of the 1996 government shutdown. You can imagine what the headlines looked like:

January 24, 1996
GOP eases hard line on budget -Full Story-
January 21, 1996
Republican leader threatens default on U.S. debt -Full Story-
January 19, 1996
Republicans disclose details of Clinton capital gains tax cut -Full Story-
January 17, 1996
Republicans abruptly cancel budget talks -Full Story-
January 16, 1996
Leaders to try again on budget -Full Story-
January 14, 1996
Shutdown, debt ceiling removed from GOP arsenal -Full Story-
January 11, 1996
Clinton proposes partial budget deal -Full Story-