Government shutdowns are longer
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Starting in 1976, the government has enacted a shutdown or funding gap 21 times. In 2019, Trump said he was “glad to shutdown the government” over a funding request—$5 billion for a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. It lasted for 31 days, the longest in history.
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The shutdown of December 2018–January 2019 was the second to occur during the Presidential t…

