b'The longest government shutdown in modern U.S. history came to a close Wednesday, November 12, when President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through Jan. 30, ending a 43-day-long impasse. Known as The Schumer Shutdown, Democrats refused to pass the House CR unless $1.5 trillion was added to provide health care for illegal immigrants and NPR funding.Because of the shut down, Federal workers were not getting paid, there was alapses in food aid for the lowest-income Americans, there were ight delays at airports, the shut down cost the US economy between $7 billion and $14 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Oce.Eventually, 8 Senate Democrats voted to end the shutdown.55'