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 Mail delivery is unaffected because it is self-funded and not allocated by Congress.[([[https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-post-office-mail-us-postal-service-never-closes-2019-1?IR=T|businessinsider]])]
+===== Programs Supported By Laws =====
+Programs supported by laws other than annual appropriations acts may also be affected by a funding gap if program execution is dependent on activities that get yearly appropriations.[([[https://www.gao.gov/assets/2019-11/675709.pdf|gao]])]
+===== Longest Shutdown =====
+One shutdown began on December 22, 2018, and on January 12, 2019, it became the longest in US history. It outlasted the last 21-day closure in 1995-96. [([[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/09/us/politics/longest-government-shutdown.html|nytimes]])]
+===== Trump Border Wall Leading To Shutdown =====
+The impasse arose when Trump attempted to add $5.7 billion in financing for a border wall in the US government's 2018 budget. Democrats raised concerns about the efficiency of the proposed wall and the funds needed to build it. A senate vote on the proposed spending package failed to win a majority vote in order for it to move through Congress, leaving Trump unable to garner support for the bill before January 2019.[([[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown-idUSKCN1PJ126|reuters]])]