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The partial government shutdown is now the longest in history, as Saturday marks Day 22. The previous record was 21 days, set in 

 when President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich were at odds over budget cuts. 
Congress went home for the weekend, as some 800,000 federal workers are on furlough, and many have now gone without their first paycheck. Mortgages are held up, security personnel at airports are strained, Coast Guard families 

says they feel the shutdown is "embarrassing."




President Trump and Democrats have not been negotiating since the president abruptly walked out of a meeting on Wednesday. On Friday, he held off on declaring a national emergency as an end run around Congress. Still, 

 it could shift around to fund wall construction under an emergency declaration.


Here's the latest on the shutdown and its impact: 

Politics and Government News

Arnie Seipel

Author

Saturday marks Day 22 of the partial federal government shutdown, stretching past the 21 days the government shut down in 1995-96. Many federal workers missed their first paycheck on Friday.

It's official: the partial government shutdown is the longest in U.S. history

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