Government enters longest full shutdown in US history with no end in sight

The federal government is now in its longest full shutdown ever, and Congress is not giving any signs that an end is in sight.A full government shutdown occurs when the end of the fiscal year comes on Sept. 30 with none of Congress’ 12 single-subject appropriations bills passed by the House and Senate.While both the House and Senate have passed three separate appropriations bills each, they have yet to sync up and pass the same version of any spending measure.That means that, for the most part, all agencies and programs that rely on discretionary funds appropriated by Congress every year are e