Everything you need to know about the last government shutdown

The federal government is expected to shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday unless lawmakers strike a last-minute compromise, marking nearly seven years since the previous time the government went dark.

The last federal shutdown ran for 35 days, from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019, making it the longest closure in U.S. history. At the time, the Senate had failed to pass a funding bill that included $5.7 billion requested by President Donald Trump to help construct the U.S. southern border wall.