EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to make it clear that social security payments will go out during a shutdown. – There have been 21 federal government shutdowns in the last five ...

There have been five federal shutdowns in the last 29 years. This week's dysfunction over federal government spending and a possible government shutdown is the latest in a series of conflicts ...

There have been 20 shutdowns since 1976, according to the Congressional Research Service. However, the impact of these shutdowns has changed significantly since 1980.

There have been five shutdowns since fiscal 1977, but 20 funding gaps that threaten federal service disruptions. Other democracies don’t treat their people this way.

As the federal government reaches the brink of shutdown due to the Sep. 30 deadline to pass spending bills, there have been 21 federal government shutdowns in the past five decades, each leading ...

In addition, a report by Syracuse University found that more than 42,000 immigration hearings had been canceled as of January 11, 2019. The second-longest government shutdown was for 21 days ...

There have been 21 government shutdowns in US history, according to the US Treasury. They've been resolved, on average, within eight days. Five only lasted a day.

There is no fixed time for a shutdown; it will be a waiting game until Congress comes to an agreement on funding measures for the government. But past shutdowns may give us some insight on what to ...

The longest shutdown of the U.S. government lasted for 35 days, from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019. During that time, approximately 800,000 federal employees were furloughed or required to work ...

The last government shutdown was during Trump's first term as president, between December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019, according to Britannica. During that shutdown, many services were impacted.