WASHINGTON — With the federal government now officially in a shutdown, lawmakers are confronting echoes of the last major shutdown and longest funding lapse in U.S. history — a 35-day impasse during President Donald Trump's first term.

Lawmakers failed to act before the Oct. 1 deadline to fund the government, marking the first shutdown since the record-breaking 2018-19 closure.

When was the last government shutdown?

The last government shutdown stretched from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019, lasting 35 days and eclipsing the previous record of 21 days set during the Clinton administration in 1995-96. The partial shutdown idled roughly 380,000 federal workers and forced an additional 420,000 employees deemed essential to work without pay.

The 2018-19 shutdown centered on a dispute over

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