Republican lawmakers in Congress were unable on Thursday to put together a funding deal that could pass and now legislators in Washington, D.C., are racing to avoid looming a government shutdown .
The House voted 235-174 to reject the spending bill. The chamber needed two-thirds of the House to pass the continuing resolution funding bill. Thirty-eight Republicans joined 197 Democrats in opposing the bill.
With current funding expiring Friday night and Congress hoping to adjourn for the holidays, here’s a look at how a government shutdown could impact Michigan.
When is the government shutdown deadline?
Current funding expires on Friday night. If a funding bill is not passed, then the government will furlough thousands of federal workers and reduce federal services.
Wheat was the longest government shutdown?
About 800,000 federal employees went without pay for 35 days during the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown in 2018 and 2019.
It was the third federal shutdown to occur during the first Trump administration; the first lasted three days in January 2018, and the second lasted only a few hours in February 2018 .