Time - There were three government shutdowns during Trump’s first term. The last occurred in late 2018 and continued over the festive season.
The majority of government activity came to a halt for a full 34 days from Dec. 22 to Jan. 25, making it the longest closure of its kind in U.S. history. This beat the previous record of 21 days, set under President Bill Clinton.
Per a Congressional Budget Office report, the partial shutdown over the 2018 festive season “delayed approximately $18 billion in federal discretionary spending for compensation and purchases of goods and services and suspended some federal services.”
Furthermore, hundreds of thousands of federal workers went without pay during that period, with many raising serious financial concerns.
NASA, the Department of Transportation, the IRS, and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) were some of the departments in which workers were put on mandatory furlough.
The shutdown unfolded due to disagreements between Republicans and Democrats over funding—to the amount of $5.7 billion—requested by Trump to construct a wall along the U.S. southern border with Mexico.
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