Since the Republicans took over the House of Representatives in 2011, they have repeatedly attempted to use the prospect of a government shutdown or a debt default as leverage. A shutdown would furlough close to a million federal workers and cut off essential services for millions more Americans, while a default on U.S. debt, even according to Speaker John Boehner, could devastate the global economy. While the recent debate has focused on Obamacare, that is just the latest in a series of demands made by Republicans. The following is a list of things that have been, at various times, demanded by Republicans under threat of a government shutdown or default:

1. A balanced budget amendment [Link] 2. Approving Keystone XL [Link] 3. Eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood [Link] 4. Medicare privatization [Link] 5. Tax reform, as outlined by Paul Ryan [Link] 6. The REINS Act, which would require Congress to approve significant federal regulations [Link] 7. Means-testing Social Security [Link] 8. Defunding Obamacare [Link] 9. Allowing employers to eliminate insurance coverage for birth control [Link] 10. An expansion of off-shore drilling [Link] 11. Preserving all the Bush tax cuts [Link] 12. “Trillions” in budget cuts [Link] 13. Slashing funding for food stamps [Link] 14. Protecting mountaintop strip mining [Link] 15. Stripping the EPA of authority to regulate greenhouse gases [Link] 16. Loosening regulation on coal ash [Link] 17. Delaying Obamacare implementation by one year [Link] 18. Repealing a tax on medical devices [Link] 19. Eliminating Social Service Block Grants [Link] 20. Expanding drilling on federal lands [Link] 21. Restricting the child tax credit [Link]

In just over 2 years, Republicans have been successful in extractingaround $1.7 trillion in budget cuts or 72% of the total deficit reduction over that period. Under President Bush the government never shut down and the debt limit was raised five times with bipartisan support and without conditions.