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The United States federal government shutdown from midnight EST on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019 (35 days) was the longest government shutdown in US history [1] [2] and the second [a] and final federal government shutdown involving furloughs during the first presidency of Donald Trump.
A related funding gap occurred during the first 9 hours of Friday, February 9, 2018, EST. The funding gap was widely referred to in media reports as a second shutdown, although no workers were furloughed and government services were not disrupted because the funding gap occurred overnight and was resolved close to the beginning of the workday.
In the United States, government shutdowns occur when funding legislation required to finance the federal government is not enacted before the next fiscal year begins. In a shutdown, the federal government curtails agency activities and services, ceases non-essential operations, furloughs non-essential workers, and retains only essential employees in departments that protect human life or ...
During his first term, Trump led Republicans into the longest government shutdown in history during the 2018 Christmas season, and interrupted the holidays in 2020 by tanking a bipartisan COVID ...
Senate passes funding bill, now headed to Biden. Congress reached a bipartisan, last-minute agreement to keep the government running 38 minutes after a midnight deadline for a partial shutdown ...
At least 20,000 federal workers - roughly 1% of the civilian federal workforce - have accepted the deferred resignation offer to leave the federal government since last week, an official with the ...
The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 (GEFTA) is a United States federal law which requires retroactive pay and leave accrual for federal employees affected by the furlough as a result of the 2018–19 federal government shutdown and any future lapses in appropriations. [1]
Donald Trump blasts right-wing Rep. Chip Roy as government shutdown talks continue. Trump took aim at hardline conservative Rep. Chip Roy on Thursday, suggesting the Texas Republican should face ...