The Republicans stopped none of this. Clinton had a Democratic House and Senate for his first two years in office (1993-94), so it was actually Democrats who stopped Hillary Care dead in its tracks.
Maybe the Republicans came up with a good plan in 1994, but that just meant they put the whole idea of "spend-spend-spend out of a recession" on the back burner until the GOP controlled the White House and both Houses of Congress from 2001-06.
The first Federal budget submitted by President George W. Bush (in 2001) was for $2.0 trillion. The last one, submitted in 2008, was for $3.1 trillion -- a 55% increase in Federal spending in just eight years. The Republicans controlled at least one House of Congress for his entire term in office.
Yeah, that GOP sure is the party of fiscal responsibility, isn't it?
“The Republicans stopped none of this. Clinton had a Democratic House and Senate for his first two years ...”
First off, Dick Morris had to convince Clinton that it was pointless to push for more spending, that he might as well join the winning side and steal credit.
... Secondly ....
... Prior to the Newt Revolution ....
Bluedog democrats helped republicans, and Clinton either drove the blue dogs into the GOP our out of politics. That’s neither here nor there. It was republican pressure that drove the spending restraints.