{"id":55998,"date":"2025-11-12T17:39:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:39:47","slug":"what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/","title":{"rendered":"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em><strong>Update: <\/strong>The <\/em><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-history-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><em>2025 government shutdown<\/em><\/a><\/span><em> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/government-shutdown-latest-record-history-trump-senate-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">broke records<\/a><\/span> to become the longest in history. Read <\/em><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-history-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><em>more here<\/em><\/a><\/span><em>. Our earlier story is below.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The federal government neared its third shutdown in 10 years before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy helped broker a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-2023-latest-short-term-bill-passed\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">last-minute short-term deal<\/a><\/span> Saturday to keep government open, mere hours before a midnight deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-day stopgap bill passed the House and Senate and will keep the federal government open through Nov. 17.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the deal, the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-2023-house-vote-continuing-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">possibility<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-2023-what-happens\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">government shutdown<\/a><\/span>\u00a0raised questions about just how long a shutdown would last. The most recent shutdown, which stretched from Dec. 21, 2018 until Jan. 25, 2019, was also the longest in history, and forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to be furloughed or work for weeks without pay.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what happened in some of the lengthiest <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-history-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">prior shutdowns<\/a><\/span>:<\/p>\n<h2>The longest government shutdowns<\/h2>\n<p>Since 1976, when the current budget process was enacted, there have been 20 funding gaps lasting at least one full day, according to the Congressional Research Service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before the 1980s, it was common for the government to continue operating like normal when funding bills hadn&#8217;t been passed, Glassman said. But in 1980 and 1981, Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti issued two opinions that said it was illegal for the government to spend money without congressional approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since then, there have been some funding gaps that have been relatively short \u2014 two or three days \u2014 and then there have been three long ones that are politically significant, all stimulated by Republicans,&#8221; said Roy Meyers, political science professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2018-2019 shutdown over Trump&#8217;s border wall funding lasted 34 full days, making it the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-shutdown-deal-reached-trump-speech-announcement-opens-government-shutdown-over-today-live-updates-2019-01-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">finally signed<\/a><\/span> a bill to reopen the government without his demands being met.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/cf0b226e1ec5df1d650c6b6fa35366b1\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg#\" alt=\"Non-profit World Central Kitchen serves food to federal workers \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/cf0b226e1ec5df1d650c6b6fa35366b1\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/8c2c304f3ff14cdbcfa9d1e2881ffa77\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">People line up outside a food-relief location set up by the nonprofit World Central Kitchen, which served free meals to federal workers effected by the partial government shutdown, in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 22, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before that, the record was 21 days in 1995 and 1996, when President Bill Clinton refused to bend to steep spending cuts and tax reductions proposed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Public opinion was on Clinton&#8217;s side and Republicans eventually caved, Meyers said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t another shutdown until 2013, when Republicans used budget negotiations to try to defund the Affordable Care Act. With efforts to gut the new health care law backfiring, Republicans gave in and the government reopened after 16 days.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged on Sept. 19 that public opinion has not sided with Republicans during previous shutdowns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not a fan of government shutdowns,&#8221; McConnell said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen a few of them over the years. They never have produced a policy change and they&#8217;ve always been a loser for Republicans politically.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/longest-government-shutdown-us-history\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: The 2025 government shutdown broke records to become the longest in history. Read more here. Our earlier story is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[3704],"class_list":["post-55998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-government-shutdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history? - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most government shutdowns have ended quickly, but a few dragged on for weeks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history? - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most government shutdowns have ended quickly, but a few dragged on for weeks.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/\"},\"wordCount\":472,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Government Shutdown\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/\",\"name\":\"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history? - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"Most government shutdowns have ended quickly, but a few dragged on for weeks.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history? - World News","description":"Most government shutdowns have ended quickly, but a few dragged on for weeks.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history? - World News","og_description":"Most government shutdowns have ended quickly, but a few dragged on for weeks.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history?","datePublished":"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/"},"wordCount":472,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Government Shutdown"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/","name":"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history? - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-12T17:39:47+00:00","description":"Most government shutdowns have ended quickly, but a few dragged on for weeks.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/what-was-the-longest-government-shutdown-in-u-s-history\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Update: The 2025 government shutdown broke records to become the longest in history. Read more here. Our earlier story is","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Politics"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":12,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/29\/054e779f-b5af-492e-85f5-97ad997a85c3\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/39b8956097017116893ca1cb9fc6ddaa\/gettyimages-1086377360.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-34\">Politics<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}