The United States government officially shut down after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement on a funding proposal before midnight on Wednesday (October 1), NBC News reports.

The Republican Party, which controls both chambers of Congress, needed Democratic support in order to get the 60 votes needed to pass a Senate bill to extend federal funding, however, the two sides failed to reach an agreement on a bipartisan bill, with the Senate rejecting each parties' proposal in the final hours prior to the shutdown deadline.

The last U.S. government shutdown took place during President Donald Trump 's first term in 2018 and lasted 34 days, extending into early 2019, as the longest in American history. The current shutdown is reported to have no clear path to a r

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