Budget Impasse

One thousand years ago, there lived two very magical winged unicorns, and they ruled the land with a two-party political system that involved frequent conflict! One pony, due to being more popular at the time, got some laws passed. The other pony, in turn, became consumed by jealousy and summoned a horrible rain of meteors to kill everyone. Naturally, this somewhat hurt the second pony's approval rating, and she was banished to live on the moon for a while.