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What's different now from the 2018-2019 government shutdown?

During the 2018 government shutdown, only certain sectors of the federal government were affected. That's not the case today; here's why.

Troy Pope

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Published: 5:03 PM EDT September 27, 2023
Updated: 11:25 AM EDT September 28, 2023

Congress has until the stroke of midnight on Saturday night to avert a shutdown of the federal government. That's the end of the fiscal year, and the government currently lacks approved funding to keep federal operations open beginning Oct. 1.

The longest government shutdown on record happened in 2018 when Donald Trump was president – 34 full days. That was what is called a "partial" shutdown. So what's different now? It's important to understand so you know what's at stake.

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