WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Thousands of U.S. federal employees stopped working on Wednesday when the government shutdown due to a budget impasse in Congress.

Following are the longest shutdowns since 1980, when U.S. administrations started furloughing some federal workers when budgets expire.

2018-2019 – 35 days

The longest shutdown on record started December 22, 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first term in the White House. Democrats in Congress refused to back a spending bill that included Trump’s $5.7 billion request for fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border. Lawmakers eventually approved a spending bill without border wall money that Trump signed into law on January 25, 2019, ending the shutdown.

1995-1996 – 22 days

The government partially shut down on December 16, 1995 as part of a

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