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This is a day that history is being made — and not in a good way. The government shutdown is now in its 35th day, and on Tuesday, it will officially become the longest shutdown in the nation’s history.

Congressional Republicans and Democrats blame each other for what has transpired, but both sides agree that the shutdown has caused financial pain for hundreds of thousands of unpaid federal workers and the millions of Americans who rely on various government services.

But for five weeks, they have been unable to end the impasse and reopen the government.

The U.S. House of Representatives is also setting a record for not being in session. House Speaker Mike Johnson

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