Government Shutdowns since 1976

 Here is a list of all the government shutdowns since 1976 from Wikipedia:

Federal government

Since 1976, the United States Federal Government has had funding gaps on 18 occasions:^[12][13][14] Note that shutdowns prior to 1981 did not actually result in major offices being closed, due to more lax adherence to policy.^[15]

Year	Start date (exclu­sive)	End date (exclu­sive)	Total days	President	Senate	House	Circumstances
1976	Sep 30	Oct 11	10	Ford	Dem	Dem	Citing out of control spending, President Gerald Ford vetoed a funding bill for the United States Department of Labor and the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), leading to a partial government shutdown. On October 1, the Democratically-controlled Congress overrode Ford's veto but it took until October 11 for a continuing resolution ending funding gaps for other parts of government to become law.
1977	Sep 30	Oct 13	12	Carter	Dem	Dem	The Democratically-controlled House continued to uphold the ban on using Medicaid dollars to pay for abortions, except in cases where the life of the mother was at stake. Meanwhile, the Democratic-controlled Senate pressed to loosen the ban to allow abortion funding in the case of rape or incest. A funding gap was created when disagreement over the issue between the houses had become tied to funding for the Departments of Labor and HEW, leading to a partial government shutdown. A temporary agreement was made to restore funding through October 31, 1977, allowing more time for Congress to resolve its dispute.
1977	Oct 31	Nov 9	8	Carter	Dem	Dem	The earlier temporary funding agreement expired. President Jimmy Carter signed a second funding agreement to allow for more time for negotiation.
1977	Nov 30	Dec 9	8	Carter	Dem	Dem	The second temporary funding agreement expired. The House held firm against the Senate in its effort to ban Medicaid paying for the abortions of victims of statutory rape. A deal was eventually struck which allowed Medicaid to pay for abortions in cases resulting from rape, incest, or in which the mother's health is at risk.
1978	Sep 30	Oct 18	18	Carter	Dem	Dem	Deeming them wasteful, President Carter vetoed a public works appropriations bill and a defense bill including funding for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Spending for the Department of HEW was also delayed over additional disputes concerning Medicaid funding for abortion.
1979	Sep 30	Oct 12	11	Carter	Dem	Dem	Against the opposition of the Senate, the House pushed for a 5.5 percent pay increase for congress members and senior civil servants. The House also sought to restrict federal spending on abortion only to cases where the mother's life is in danger, while the Senate wanted to maintain funding for abortions in cases of rape and incest.
1981	Nov 20	Nov 23	2	Reagan	Rep	Dem	President Ronald Reagan pledged that he would veto any spending bill that failed to include at least half of the $8.4 billion in domestic budget cuts that he proposed. Although the Republican controlled Senate passed a bill that met his specifications, the Democratically controlled House insisted on larger cuts to defense than Reagan wanted as well as pay raises for congress and senior civil servants. A compromise bill fell $2 billion short of the cuts Reagan wanted, so Reagan vetoed the bill and shut down the federal government. A temporary bill restored spending through December 15 and gave Congress the time to work out a more lasting deal.
1982	Sep 30	Oct 2	1	Reagan	Rep	Dem	Congress passed the required spending bills a day late.
1982	Dec 17	Dec 21	3	Reagan	Rep	Dem	The House and Senate wished to fund job programs, but President Reagan vowed to veto any such legislation. The House also opposed plans to fund the MX missile. The shutdown ended after Congress abandoned their jobs plan, but Reagan was forced to yield on funding for both the MX and Pershing II missiles. He also accepted funding for the Legal Services Corporation, which he wanted abolished, in exchange for higher foreign aid to Israel.
1983	Nov 10	Nov 14	3	Reagan	Rep	Dem	The House increased education funding but cut defense and foreign aid spending, which led to a dispute with President Reagan. Eventually, the House reduced their proposed education funding, and also accepted funding for the MX missile. However, the foreign aid and defense cuts remained, and oil and gas leasing was banned in federal wildlife refuges. Abortion was also prohibited from being paid for with government employee health insurance.
1984	Sep 30	Oct 3	2	Reagan	Rep	Dem	The House wished to link the budget to both a crime-fighting package President Reagan supported and a water projects package he did not. The Senate additionally tied the budget to a civil rights measure designed to overturn Grove City v. Bell. Reagan proposed a compromise where he abandoned his crime package in exchange for Congress dropping the water projects package. A deal was not struck, and a three-day spending extension was passed instead.
1984	Oct 3	Oct 5	1	Reagan	Rep	Dem	The October 3 spending extension expired, forcing a shutdown. Congress dropped its proposed water and civil rights packages, while President Reagan kept his crime package. Funding for aid to the Nicaraguan Contras was also passed.
1986	Oct 16	Oct 18	1	Reagan	Rep	Dem	Disputes over multiple issues between the House and President Reagan and the Republican Senate forced a shutdown. The House dropped many of their demands in exchange for a vote on their welfare package, and a concession of the sale of then-government-owned Conrail.
1987	Dec 18	Dec 20	1	Reagan	Dem	Dem	The House and Senate opposed funding for the Contras and wanted the Federal Communications Commission to renew enforcement of the "Fairness Doctrine". They yielded on the "Fairness Doctrine" issue in exchange for non-lethal aid to the Contras.
1990	Oct 5	Oct 9	5	G.H.W. Bush	Dem	Dem	President George H.W. Bush vowed to veto any continuing resolution that was not paired with a deficit reduction package, and did so when one reached his desk. The House failed to override his veto before a shutdown occurred. Congress then passed a continuing resolution with a deficit reduction package to end the shutdown.
1995	Nov 13	Nov 19	5	Clinton	Rep	Rep	President Bill Clinton vetoed a continuing resolution passed by the Republican-controlled Congress. A deal was reached allowing for 75-percent funding for four weeks, and Clinton agreed to a seven-year timetable for a balanced budget.
1995–1996	Dec 15	Jan 6	21	Clinton	Rep	Rep	The Republicans demanded that President Clinton propose a budget with the seven-year timetable using Congressional Budget Office numbers, rather than Clinton's Office of Management and Budget numbers. However, Clinton refused. Eventually, Congress and Clinton agreed to pass a compromise budget.
2013	Sep 30	Ongoing	7 days	Obama	Dem	Rep	Due to disagreement regarding inclusion of language defunding or delaying the Affordable Care Act,[3] the Government has not passed a substantial funding bill. Funding has been agreed to by the President and Congress for active military pay and back wages for furloughed employees. In addition, the House has offered very small funding measures for a few, high-profile functions, which the Senate and White House have rejected as "game-playing"[16] while the Senate continues to offer bills that do not include language to defund or delay the Affordable Care Act, but the House has rejected them.[17] The shutdown is currently in progress.

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Government shutdown in the United States

 

So, the longest shutdown so far since 1976 was during the Clinton Administration of 21 Days from December 15th (Through Christmas Vacation) until January 6th 1996.

The way this present one is going it might top that at present. 

 

My concern: Though the Tea Party might be sincere in what they are trying to accomplish I don't think they realize that they are both undermining and potentially destroying our Constitutional government by so doing what they are doing. So, for example, if they actually succeeded in what they are doing they simply will have found a way for someone less sincere to destroy our government permanently at some point in the near or far future.

So, maybe considering a way to close this loophole which could potentially cause the death of our Constitutional Democracy might be what they really should start working on if they are serious about caring about our democracy ongoing and actually want to preserve our Constitutional Democracy here in the U.S.