Even though the federal government shutdown lasted just three days, there was more than enough time for Democrats and Republicans to blame each other for the “Trump shutdown” or “Schumer shutdown” — depending on their party."Happy anniversary Mr. President, your wish came true," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Sunday morning. "You won the shutdown. The shutdown is all yours.""Senate Democrats refused to fund the government unless we agreed to their demands on something entirely unrelated," Republican speaker Paul Ryan said, addressing the House on Saturday, adding that "it is a shakedown strategy that Senate Democrats have been talked into by their base."
Even President Trump weighed in to put the focus on Democrats. During the last shutdown in 2013, when Trump was still a private citizen, he tweeted that his sense was "that people are far angrier at the President than they are at Congress re the shutdown — an interesting turn!"This is the first government shutdown since 2013, when federal government activities were halted for 16 days. However, it's the first time since the Carter Administration with one party in control of both chambers of Congress as well as the White House.In this case, the disagreement stemmed from the Democrats refusing to sign a funding bill that didn't include protection for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA.On Monday, the Senate leaders agreed on a plan to reopen the government. Democrats made the deal in exchange for a Republican pledge to debate immigration policy before Feb. 8 of this year. If the bill passes the House and gets Trump's signature, it will end the shutdown.
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