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The government shutdown has reached record length. Did Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin vote to end it?
The government shutdown has entered day 36 after a funding bill failed to pass. Here's how Wisconsin senators Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin voted.
The ongoing government shutdown made U.S. history Tuesday evening, as it entered its 35th day. The Senate failed to pass a funding measure for the 14th time.
As the government shutdown stretches its way into the record books, Americans are feeling its worsening impacts.
As the clock struck midnight overnight, the current federal government shutdown entered its sixth week and set a record as the longest in U.S. history.
The government shutdown on Wednesday entered its 36th day, officially becoming the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That means the two longest shutdowns in American politics have occurred under President Donald Trump, with the previous 35-day record having been set during his first term in 2019.
Flight delays were only a little higher than usual during most of October — but then a late month surge could spell trouble for holiday travel.
On Wednesday, the shutdown enters its 36th day, eclipsing the record set during Trump's first term. That 35-day federal closure in late 2018 and early 2019 resulted from a fight over Trump’s demand for a border wall, which Democrats refused to fund.
President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans on Wednesday as the shutdown breaks the record for the longest in U.S. history.
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