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This shutdown was the longest ever — by a lot

"No deal on government funding as Thursday shutdown approaches
Jan. 2019 - "The Government Shutdown Will Cost More Than Trump's $5 Billion Border Wall Funding, According to Experts""

By Kevin Schaul and Kevin Uhrmacher Updated Jan. 25, 2019

On Jan. 25, President Trump announced a deal with congressional leaders to reopen the government, ending a partial shutdown that lasted 34 full days. The central issue of funding for a border wall was not resolved. Funding will run out again on Feb. 15, which would trigger a new shutdown.

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The guidelines that a funding gap should lead to a government shutdown emerged in the early 1980s, and short federal funding gaps were common in that decade. Since then, they have grown less common, but stretched longer as parties dug in.

Number of funding gaps that occurred, by calendar year

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Shutdowns that spanned two separate years are counted in the year they started.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/longest-shutdowns-history/