The federal government officially shut down when lawmakers failed to pass new funding bills in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act on October 1. At 35 days and counting, the government shutdown has officially tied the record for the longest in history. While we don’t know how long it will last, it’s already affected millions of U.S. residents in several ways.

According to a report from the Bipartisan Policy Center , 670,000 federal employees have been furloughed during the shutdown, and roughly 730,000 essential government workers (think TSA agents, Post Office employees, and DMV employees) are still working without pay. The shutdown has also affected the 42 million Americans who rely on federal food aid—like food stamps and EBT—through the Supplemental Nutritio

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