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President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, ending the record partial government shutdown on its 75th day.The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to fund much of DHS, but the bill does not include funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.The shutdown was the third in Trump’s second administration, surpassing the record set last fall of a 42-day full government shutdown. There was also a funding gap for three days at the beginning of February. Here’s how the record-breaking shutdown that ended Thursday compares to past funding gaps.Congress first began setting deadlines for itself to pass federal budgets in 1977. Since then, there have been 23 funding gaps.Funding gaps and government shutdowns are two separate events. A funding gap occurs when there’s a lapse in funding, but a shutdown happens as a result of a funding gap when agencies begin closing and employees are furloughed. PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
President Donald Trump signed a bill to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, ending the record partial government shutdown on its 75th day.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to fund much of DHS, but the bill does not include funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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The shutdown was the third in Trump’s second administration, surpassing the record set last fall of a 42-day full government shutdown. There was also a funding gap for three days at the beginning of February.
Here’s how the record-breaking shutdown that ended Thursday compares to past funding gaps.
Congress first began setting deadlines for itself to pass federal budgets in 1977. Since then, there have been 23 funding gaps.
Funding gaps and government shutdowns are two separate events. A funding gap occurs when there’s a lapse in funding, but a shutdown happens as a result of a funding gap when agencies begin closing and employees are furloughed.
