What is 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown?
At midnight [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] on Saturday, December 22, 2018, the [[Federal government of the United States]] began a [[Government shutdowns in the United States|shutdown]] because neither [[legislative]] funding was passed for the upcoming [[fiscal year]] or a [[continuing resolution]]. It lasted until 25 January 2019, the longest shutdown in history. This was also a response from President [[Donald Trump]]’s refusal to sign a bill to keep the government open due to lack of funding for his border wall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46661612|title=US shutdown looks set to drag through Christmas|date=December 22, 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=December 24, 2018}}</ref> The shutdown could cost billions of dollars.<ref>{{Cite news |url =https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/government-shutdown-cost-economy-billions-trump-border-wall|title=A government shutdown could cost the US economy billions|date=17 December 2018|work=[[WJLA]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Donald Trump}} {{DEFAULTSORT:2018-2019 United States federal government shutdown}} [[Category:2018 in the United States]] [[Category:2019 in the United States]] [[Category:December 2018 events]] [[Category:Donald Trump]] [[Category:January 2019 events]] {{Multistub|history|US}}