When was the last U.S. government shutdown? Here is a list

The federal government has entered a shutdown.

TribLive has put together a collection of some of the federal government’s most recent shutdowns over the past 35 years.

2018-2019

The last shutdown happened during President Donald Trump’s first term when he insisted he would not sign any spending bill that did not include $5 billion for the border wall.

The shutdown spanned from Dec. 22, 2018, until Jan. 25, 2019. It cost the United States an estimated $3 billion in Gross Domestic Product, according to CNN. It lasted 35 days and was the longest government shutdown in over four decades.

During that time, an estimated 800,000 people were employed at the federal agencies impacted: the Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of Transportation, and Department of the Treasury, according to Princeton University.

Of the employees, 300,000 of them were furloughed, meaning they were not paid and asked not to report to work.

2013-2014

Congress could not come to an agreement on a budget after Republican lawmakers began pushing to defund former President Barack Obama’s Obamacare.

The Obama administration and Senate Democrats refused the proposals that resulted in a partial shutdown that began in early October 2013, as reported by ABC.

The shutdown lasted 17 days.

Nearly 800,000 federal employees were out of work without pay until day five of the shutdown when Congress voted to give the furloughed government employees retroactive pay.

During this time, the National Park Service lost more than 700,000 daily visitors, as reported by ABC, which brought roughly $76 million into the national economy each day.

1995-1996

In 1995, it took 21 days for former President Bill Clinton and the former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to settle an impasse that partially shut down the government due to Medicare premiums and cut environmental regulations, as reported by NPR.

The first shutdown began on Nov. 14, 1995, and ended on Nov. 19, 1995. An estimated 800,000 federal employees were furloughed during the five full days of the shutdown. On Dec. 16, 1995, there was a second shutdown until Jan. 6, 1996.

The shutdown was triggered by the expiration of a continuing funding resolution enacted on Nov. 20, 1995, according to Congress historical documents.

“The gridlock sparked a new wave of shutdowns, which NPR described as leading to ‘sharp partisanship,’ and it set a record for a partial government shutdown that stood until the one during Trump’s first term.”

1990

In October 1990, a shutdown under former President George H.W. Bush took place over a dispute over a deficit-reduction package. The package was created to address rising public debt, which was controversial because it included tax increases.

Gingrich led a Republican rebellion against a funding bill, triggering a shutdown that caused national parks and museums to close, according to History.com.

The shutdown lasted only four days.