The federal government shutdown has now matched the longest shutdown in history. It’s Day 35 of the current shutdown — the same length as the shutdown that lasted from December 2018 to January 2019. During that impasse, Donald Trump demanded Congress give him money for a U-S-Mexico border wall. This time, the stumbling block is […]
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Government shutdown reaches record 35th day
The federal government shutdown has now matched the longest shutdown in history. It’s Day 35 of the current shutdown — the same length as the shutdown that lasted from December 2018 to January 2019. During that impasse, Donald Trump demanded Congress give him money for a U-S-Mexico border wall. This time, the stumbling block is expiring health care tax credits. The impasse has created air travel delays, suspended food aid to tens of millions, and forced hundreds of thousands of federal workers to miss paychecks.