How Previous Shutdowns Ended - Washingtonian

"The longest shutdown in government history-so far-appears to be on its way to ending now that a breakaway group of Democrats in the US Senate have agreed to vote to fund government operations in exchange for a promise by Republicans to consider extending Covid-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans. Democrats had portrayed protecting those subsidies as a red line, but getting nothing out of shutdowns is a tradition that goes back to the early 1980s."

"When: December 2018-January 2019 Length: 35 days Ostensible reason: President Trump wanted more funding for a border wall between the US and Mexico and refused to sign a continuing resolution to fund the government unless he got it. Democrats, who had won the majority of the US House of Representatives the previous month and took over during the shutdown, declined to negotiate until he opened the government. Result: You don't really hear much about Trump's border wall these days, do you? He caved."

Breakaway Democrats in the US Senate agreed to fund government operations in exchange for a Republican promise to consider extending Covid-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans. Democrats had characterized protecting those subsidies as a red line. Historical shutdowns often end without substantive concessions. The December 2018-January 2019 shutdown lasted 35 days over President Trump's demand for border wall funding and ended without securing the wall. The January 2018 three-day shutdown over Dreamers produced only a promise with no lasting gains. The October 2013 shutdown sought to defund the Affordable Care Act and failed to achieve that objective.

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