The federal government shut down Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 12:01 a.m. after the Senate failed to pass funding for the upcoming fiscal year after back-to-back votes. When Democrats and Republicans cannot agree on a spending proposal, they each block the other’s stopgap spending proposal. 📝Vivian Amoia 📸Wikimedia commons : Андрей Бобровский #news #studentnews #governmentshutdown #tmh