So, does that mean another shutdown is likely? With the government shutting down, lawmakers will have to agree to a spending bill to eventually reopen the government. A guide to what’s still open, what’s closed and what’s fuzzy while social security checks, mail and student loan bills will still be delivered, millions of.
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Congress is arguably more partisan and more polarized than at any time in recent memory. The shutdown started when the. The shutdown could cause hundreds of thousands of federal workers to be furloughed and a slew of key programs and services to be shuttered.
From october 1, 2025 to november 12, 2025, the federal government of the united states was in a shutdown as congress failed to pass appropriations legislation for the 2026 fiscal year.
Gop leaders want an extension of funding for seven weeks, with additional money for security for the legislative, executive and judicial branches. It was the first federal shutdown since 2019, when parts of the government were shuttered for 35 days in a standoff between congressional democrats and mr. Congress blew past a midnight funding deadline, triggering the us government’s first shutdown in nearly seven years — and the third under president donald trump.
