The Government Shutdown Is Now The Longest In U.s. History. See How It Compares - Beritaja

The national authorities has been unopen down since Congress grounded to walk a spending measure connected Oct. 1. Mariam Zuhaib/AP

Mariam Zuhaib/AP

The ongoing authorities shutdown entered its 36th afloat time connected Wednesday, which officially makes it the longest successful U.S. history.

It takes the title from the about caller shutdown, which stretched from December 2018 to January 2019 during the first Trump administration.

That impasse started pinch Democrats' refusal to money President Trump's confederate separator wall. It ended — 35 days and an estimated $3 billion successful mislaid GDP later — aft a bid of escalating disruptions, including to aerial travel, put unit connected Trump and Republicans successful Congress to scope a compromise.

This clip around, the authorities shuttered connected Oct. 1 aft Congress grounded to break a stalemate complete backing negotiations. More than a period later, an extremity to the stalemate appears obscurity successful sight.

There person been 20 "funding gaps" since Congress introduced the modern fund process successful 1976, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, but galore of those were only a fewer days long. Before now, only three shutdowns lasted much than 2 weeks — and they were each wrong the past 30 years.

While Republicans power some chambers, they request 60 votes to walk a spending measure successful the Senate. Democrats are utilizing that arsenic leverage to push for an hold of Affordable Care Act subsidies that are owed to expire astatine the extremity of this year, perchance leaving millions of Americans without wellness insurance. Republicans person said they are unfastened to talks connected the subsidies — but only aft the authorities reopens.

In the meantime, some parties are pointing the digit at each other and doing little, astatine slightest publicly, to reopen the government. The Senate has now tried — and grounded — 14 times to walk a House-approved stopgap backing bill. The House, meanwhile, has been retired of convention since the shutdown began.

Americans are emotion the worsening impacts each day.

Over 1 cardinal national workers are moving without paychecks. Another about 600,000 person been furloughed, and though a 2019 rule ensures they are entitled to backpay aft the shutdown is over, recent comments by President Trump person near galore worried about whether that will still happen.

Air postulation power shortages person caused delays and disruptions astatine airports crossed the country. National parkland sites are reducing operations and Smithsonian museums are closed. The IRS furloughed about half its staff, creating delays successful payer services. Tens of thousands of children from low-income families are now astatine consequence of losing access to the Head Start program.

And, national nutrient and nutrition benefits specified arsenic the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) stopped complete the weekend, prompting wide outcry and pushback from 2 national judges. In response, the Trump management says it will restart those payments — but they will beryllium delayed and whitethorn only beryllium for half the amount group typically get.

In a weekend interview pinch CBS News, Trump continued to spot blasted connected Democrats, and called connected Senate Republicans to end the filibuster to bypass Democrats altogether. Senate Republicans person rejected that plea.

Trump acknowledged that his engagement helped bring an extremity to the erstwhile shutdown, but didn't look arsenic consenting to discuss this time: "I'm not gonna do it by being extorted by the Democrats who person mislaid their way."