The clock showed midnight in the US and the federal government officially closed, as Congress, which was in a deadlock, failed to pass a funding measure and no one in the Capitol knows what will happen next.

This is the first shutdown since 2019.

The leaders of both parties are privately and publicly categorical of not being accused of terminating funding: Republicans insist that democrats should simply agree to extend current funding for another seven weeks. Democrats refuse to do so without significant concessions to give their consent to vote on any measures of funding in the Senate, CNN notes.

What will happen next? Senators left the Capitol tonight in deep uncertainty about how long the shutdown would last. The Senate is ready to vote again tomorrow the same Republican Party funding plan -which Republican leaders have pledged to submit daily until many Democrats retreat and agree to reopen the government.

The closure of the federal government means that hundreds of thousands of federal officials will be made available, while others who are considered necessary should continue to go to work -though many will not be paid until the deadlock is over. Others, however, will continue to receive their salaries, as their jobs are not funded by Congress’s annual credits.

What Republicans want

Trump Republicans are controlling both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and have already made great success in the budget this year.

Mass legislation called “One Big Beautiful Bill” (a big beautiful bill), which was passed in July, increased the costs of defense and imposition of immigration, reduced the spending on green energy and other priorities of Democrats, while imposing significant Medica With a disability in order to finance tax cuts that mainly concerned the rich.

Republicans have also widely supported the White House’s efforts to recover money already approved by Congress for external assistance and public broadcasting, although this undermines the constitutional power of expenditure legislators.

They have stated that they will vote in favor of a decision that will extend funding to current levels by November 21, in order to give more time to negotiate an agreement for the whole year.

What do Democrats ask for

As a minority party, Democrats do not have much power. However, Republicans will need at least seven Democrats’ votes to pass any Senate spending bill, where 60 votes are needed to make the majority of bills in the 100 seats.

This time, Democrats are using this influence to push to renew extended health care benefits for people who buy insurance through Affordable Care Act. Their proposal will make the enhanced tax reliefs permanent that would otherwise end at the end of the year and make them available to more medium -income households, according to the Reuters news agency.

If these tax reliefs expire, the cost of health insurance will increase dramatically for many of the 24 million Americans through ACA, according to non -party Kaiser Family Foundation. The impact will be more intense in states controlled by Republicans and who have not expanded the Medicaid health program for the poor.

Democrats also want to be included in any funding bill that will prohibit Trump from unilaterally ignoring the provisions of ACA or temporarily withhold the funds.

They also want to abolish other restrictions on the ACA coverage introduced in “One Big Beautiful Bill”.

These changes will provide health coverage to seven million Americans by 2035, according to the non -party Congressional Budget Office, but will also increase the government’s 662 billion dollars over 10 years.

Republicans say they are open to considering a solution for the tax reliefs that expire, but argue that the issue must be addressed separately and it is not clear whether their “solution” will virtually different from that of democrats. Republicans have accused the Democrats of trying to use the provisional funding bill to open the gates for state healthcare for illegal immigrants in the US.

Congress Democrats argue that illegal immigrants living in the United States are prohibited by law from receiving such assistance.

Threatened with redundancies Trump

The US Congress Budget Office estimates that about 750,000 civil servants will be on compulsory unpaid leave. The Civil Aviation Authority (FAA) has warned that more than 11,000 employees – about 1/4 of its staff – will be put on a temporary license, while air traffic auditors and other security officials will be forced to work salaries until the shutdown expires.

President Trump intensifies the pressure on the Democrats, stressing that the situation may have “irreversible” implications if the budget required by Republicans is not approved. “We can, during Shutdown, do things that are irreversible, which will be bad … like firing many people,” Trump threatened.

The previous shutdown

The last shutdown of the government lasted from December 2018 to January 2019, when Congress’s funding for nine ministries ended with about 800,000 officials.

The five -week partial shutdown cost $ 11 billion in the economy, according to a report by the Congress Budget Office (CBO).

Businesses across the country reported a slowdown in their activity and some said they were forced to dismiss employees. Tens of thousands of immigration hearings in courts were annulled. Government contractors found it difficult to pay their bills.

The shutdown was triggered by a debate over Trump’s request to fund $ 5.7 billion to build a wall along the border with Mexico. .

Trump retreated after weeks, signing a government’s reopening bill for three weeks, while Congress was negotiating an agreement on expenditure.

Three weeks later, he signed a compromise bill on expenditure in order to avoid another government closure, eventually accepting a bill that did not meet his request for $ 5.7 billion for the wall at the border.

Since 1980, there have been 14 Opening Holidays, most of which lasted just a few days