Ariana Oliver- Longest Government Shutdown in History

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/12/politics/government-shutdown-breaks-record-longest-ever/index.html

This article was published on January 12, 2019 by Clare Foran. On December 22, 2019, The United States government went into a semi-shutdown process.  President Trump proposed a plan of receiving approximately $5 billion for

constructing a wall bordering the U.S and Mexico; however, Congress is only

willing to give approximately $1.3 billion for the costs. The Democratic party is

not signing the bill that would allow Trump to have that much money. This led to

Trump calling for a government shutdown. Due to this, 800,000 government workers

have not received payment and the president has not made an agreement with the

Democrats. There also is the possibility that President Trump will call the nation

in a “state of emergency” in order to increase tensions in this heated issue.  

The Antebellum era and the lead up to the Civil war relates to this article. During this time period,

there were a lot of tensions between the new rise of political parties and their views on slavery.

The Liberty party believed in anti-slavery, Free Soil party had abolitionists,

and the Know-Nothing Party kept their ideas of nativism. It would be extremely hard to find

a compromise between these parties on the issue of slavery. With the shutdown,

there is a lot of tension in this issue on ideas about immigration, budgeting, and the lack of

pay for some American people. It has been difficult so far for the Democrats and President

Trump to come to an agreement to end this conflict.