What is United States federal government shutdown of 2018?
A [[Government shutdown in the United States|shutdown of the United States federal government]] began at midnight [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] on Saturday, January 20, 2018, after a failure to pass a legislation funding bill for government operations and agencies and ended on Monday, January 22, 2018. The shutdown was caused from disputes over the status of protection of persons affected by the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] (DACA) immigration policy, and therefore whether those covered under the program should face deportation. There was also a dispute over whether funding should be funded towards building a [[Mexico–United States barrier|Mexico–United States border wall]], a keystone policy during [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016|Donald Trump's presidential campaign]]. This is the first shutdown in United States history to occur while both chambers of Congress as well as the [[White House]] are controlled by the same party (in this case, the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican party]]). The 2018 shutdown began when the [[United States Senate|Senate]] failed to approve a House-passed bill to keep the government open.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Berman|first1=Russell|title=The Government Is Officially Closed for Business|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/shutdown-trump-schumer/550991/|access-date=January 21, 2018|work=The Atlantic|date=January 19, 2018}}</ref> The shutdown began on the first anniversary of [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|Donald Trump taking office]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Government shuts down on one-year anniversary of Trump presidency|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2018-01-20-senate-vote-deal-latest-news-live-updates/|access-date=January 20, 2018|work=CBS News|date=January 20, 2018|archive-date=January 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120161558/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2018-01-20-senate-vote-deal-latest-news-live-updates/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[