(Washington, DC) – The partial government shutdown in Washington DC is now the longest in U.S. history. As of Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security has gone without funding for 44 straight days, breaking the record set last fall when the federal government went unfunded from early October to mid-November. On Friday, House Republicans passed a stopgap funding bill that Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said would be “dead on arrival” when it reaches the Senate.
Senators are on recess for two weeks and won’t be back in Washington until April 13th.
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