Trump's Shutdown Threat Raises Stakes For Congress

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He is a bully that believes that winning is the only thing that matters.

"In official parlance, they’re called “spending gaps,” a term the experts prefer to “government shutdown,” because the government doesn’t fully shut down. They’ve been imposed 17 times since 1976, the year Congress began its revised budgeting process."

This list of government shutdowns in the past was drawn from Congressional Research Service reports:

2013 (President Barack Obama): Oct. 1 to Oct. 17 - 16 days
1995-1996 (President Bill Clinton): December 5, 1995, to January 6, 1996, - 21 days
1995 (President Bill Clinton): Nov. 13 to 19 - 5 days

1990 (President George H.W. Bush): October 5 to 9 - 3 days
1987 (President Ronald Reagan): December 18 to December 20 - 1 day
1986 (President Ronald Reagan): October 16 to October 18 - 1 day
1984 (President Ronald Reagan): October 3 to October 5 - 1 day
1984 (President Ronald Reagan): September 30 to October 3 - 2 days
1983 (President Ronald Reagan): November 10 to November 14 - 3 days
1982 (President Ronald Reagan): December 17 to December 21 - 3 days
1982 (President Ronald Reagan): September 30 to October 2 - 1 day
1981 (President Ronald Reagan): November 20 to November 23 - 2 days
1979 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 12 - 11 days
1978 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 18 18 days
1977 (President Jimmy Carter): November 30 to December 9 - 8 days
1977 (President Jimmy Carter): October 31 to November 9 - 8 days
1977 (President Jimmy Carter): September 30 to October 13 - 12 days
1976 (President Gerald Ford): September 30 to October 11 - 10 days

Here is every previous government shutdown, why they happened and how they ended
By Dylan Matthews September 25, 2013