US EditionWhat's the Longest Government Shutdown in US History? This One Isn't Even Close
The failure to pass a spending bill halted funding, furloughing 350,000 federal workers and forcing 400,000 to work without pay, as negotiations remain unresolved.
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What's the longest government shutdown in US history? This one isn't even close
Editor's note: A previous version of this article misstated the year in which the second shutdown under President Trump happened. We regret the error. (NEXSTAR) – The federal government shutdown, which began Wednesday, marks the 21st such closure in 50 years. Most of those shutdowns have lasted less than a week, but the longest in U.S. history was over a month long. It wasn't that long ago when the record was broken. It was actually the most rec…
Agencies / EL LIBERTADOR Sputinik. The U.S. Administration stopped some of its activities, this after no consensus was reached in the Senate (upper chamber) on a bill on interim financing. In response, according to media like Xinhua, thousands of officials of the U.S. nation will have to take leave without pay. This will also impact on public services, as they will be suspended or delayed. The longest government closure in the history of the U.S…
The partial closure of the U.S. Federal Government, which for the moment affects non-essential services and which began last midnight, is the fourth one facing President Donald Trump, who already lived three during his first term (2017-2020), including the longest in history. Trump’s Fourth government closure entry, which already faced the longest in history in 2018, was first published in Digital Process.
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