This explanation also accords with stronger US economic performance in 2014, which was the first year since the Republicans gained a House majority in November 2010 that dysfunctional fiscal policy did not actively impede economic recovery. Having borne the brunt of the blame for the government shutdown of October 2013, Republican leaders decided to stifle their more radical “Tea Party” members and refrain from similar dead-end showdowns in 2014.
这一解释也与2014年美国经济表现有所增强相符。2014年时是2010年11月共和党赢得众议院多数以来第一次混乱的财政政策没有大幅阻碍经济复苏。共和党领导人背上了2013年10月导致政府关门的骂名，它们决定阻止更极端的“茶党”成员，不让2014年重现类似的僵局。