Government shutdown becomes the third-largest in history with no end in sight

    We are currently on Day 19 of the Government shutdown. This is what we know as of Day 19. There is currently no end in sight, after senators were unable for the tenth time to resolve the impasse in votes. There last vote took place Thursday, October 16th. This shutdown is the third- longest funding, lapse in modern history. The only shutdowns that are ahead of the current one are the shutdowns in 1985 and 2018-2019. In recent history, shutdowns are a new-coming phenomenon. Shutdowns first began in 1980. Senate Majority Leader John Thune sent home the upper chamber for the weekend after Thursday's vote.This means that the next vote will take place on Monday. The White House has been out of session since September 19th with no place to return until the shutdown is over. Thune's office stated that they will bring up the bill again this week that would pay federal employees and military services members who have continued to work during the shutdown. To pass this legislation it would require Democrats, who have blocked a long-term defense spending bill from advancing.