It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government shutdown in history by a significant margin, as most shutdowns in recent decades have lasted two weeks or less.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing criticism from within the House GOP over his short-term government funding proposal, which needs to be passed by the end of the month or the government will shut down on Oct 1.

Congress has until Oct. 1 to fund the government during the pre-Election Day sprint. With the abbreviated timeline, lawmakers will almost certainly need to pass a stopgap measure to keep the government funded — leaving the full-year funding effort for a later date.

The deadline for a potential government shutdown is September 30 if lawmakers fail to agree on a budget. However, the chance of a shutdown is currently viewed as low.

As Congress nears a shutdown, find out how it could impact federal workers, Social Security, national parks and more. What you need to know now.

Republican controlled US House representatives is voting on legislation today. The legislation contains an important bill which is constitute of tighter rules based on voting, which can lead to an argument with the Democratic majority Senate.