A partial U.S. government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s
demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border
entered its 22nd day on Saturday Jan 12,2019, making it the longest shuttering of
federal agencies in U.S. history, with no end in sight.
Trump, holed up in the White House with Congress adjourned for the weekend, warned of a much lengthier impasse and blamed the Democrats.
“We will be out for a long time unless the Democrats come back from their ‘vacations’ and get back to work,” he tweeted.
Democrats say Trump shut the government in a “temper tantrum” by refusing to sign bipartisan funding legislation last year that did not include money for his wall.
The closure, which began on Dec. 22, broke a decades-old record by a 1995-1996 shutdown under former President Bill Clinton that lasted 21 days.
Trump, holed up in the White House with Congress adjourned for the weekend, warned of a much lengthier impasse and blamed the Democrats.
“We will be out for a long time unless the Democrats come back from their ‘vacations’ and get back to work,” he tweeted.
Democrats say Trump shut the government in a “temper tantrum” by refusing to sign bipartisan funding legislation last year that did not include money for his wall.
The closure, which began on Dec. 22, broke a decades-old record by a 1995-1996 shutdown under former President Bill Clinton that lasted 21 days.
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