The U.S. government shutdown has entered it’s 24th day, officially making it the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
Beginning December 22nd, about one-quarter of federal government operations have been shut down by a lack of funding after President Trump demanded $5.7 billion from congress to build a wall on the Southwest U.S. Border.
The U.S. economy will have lost $3.6 billion by Friday, meaning that another two weeks will cost $6 billion, exceeding the cost of the proposed budget for the wall.
The shutdown has also resulted in nearly 800,000 federal employees missing their first paychecks last week.