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Yesterday, the ongoing shutdown of the US federal government became the longest in its history, reaching 35 full days (and now we’re at 36 and still counting). This surpassed the previous longest (and most recent) shutdown that lasted from December 21, 2018 to January 25, 2019 during President Trump’s first term, which was fueled by disputes to fund and construct a US–Mexico border wall.
Prior to that, the longest shutdown came under President Clinton (there were 2 shutdowns while he was in office, both during his first term), lasting 21 days from December 15, 1995 to January 6, 1996. Both shutdowns while Clinton was in office happened during a budget standoff with the Republican-controlled Congress led by Speaker Newt Gingrich.