# History repeats itself. Will Washington learn?

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Washington Examiner, Nov 11, 2026, 8:00 AM · Read it: <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4799110/divided-government-deficits-debt/>

Divided government at the national level may be the best election outcome we could have hoped for. Why? Because one party controlling both Congress and the presidency has not worked out all that well in recent decades when it comes to deficits and debt. In 2001, former President George W. Bush and a Republican Congress

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- Nov 11, 2026, 8:00 AM: [History repeats itself. Will Washington learn?](<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4799110/divided-government-deficits-debt/>) — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States)
  Divided government at the national level may be the best election outcome we could have hoped for. Why? Because one party controlling both Congress and the presidency has not worked out all that well in recent decades when it comes to deficits and debt. In 2001, former President George W. Bush and a Republican Congress