Talk:List of United States federal funding gaps

Employees furloughed during February 9th shutdown
Is there any evidence employees were furloughed during this morning's brief spending gap? As I understand, it occurred before any actual work hours. Mr.  Anon  515  14:54, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

How to portray a shutdown lasting two sessions of Congress
Assuming the current shutdown lasts until noon tomorrow, which seems certain at this point, what's the best way to portray both Congresses in the table? Republicans controlled the Senate in both, but the makeup was different, and the House will switch from Republican to Democratic control. Smartyllama (talk) 21:21, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I was wondering the same thing after looking at the table and it looks like it's two shutdowns instead of one ongoing one. Maybe there should be a different color other than blue or red for a shutdown that lasts multiple sessions and party control switches? Showing the number of seats under the senate makes it more complicated, though. GamblinMonkey (talk) 15:36, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I found the two shutdowns in the table confusing. I think there's enough space in the senate and house columns to include the composition during both sessions and then maybe no color?  --73.186.118.152 (talk) 21:15, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

How to list near funding gaps
The April 9, 2011 funding gap lasted 29 minutes, but was not implemented since it was from 12:01-12:30 am on Saturday April 9. Though agencies started shutting down infrastructure in advance, the furlough was not implemented as an agreement was made before the deadline and the president signed. This very brief funding gap is often forgotten, but the preparations in advance as well as the technical minutes-long gap should not be omitted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xenobiotica (talk • contribs) 17:16, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Estimated costs of the shutdowns? Any benefits to offset the costs?
What I was mostly looking for was an estimate of the damages caused by the government shutdowns. Reducing it to economic values is hard, but would give some basis for comparison. Cost/benefit analysis seems difficult when there are no real benefits... At least that's how it seems to me. Shanen (talk) 17:50, 7 January 2019 (UTC)


 * There may not be any benefit for the country as a whole, but in some cases one of the parties "wins" (i.e. the other side is forced to back down by public opinion) and thus derives a political 'benefit'. JRSpriggs (talk) 04:34, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
 * There are some sources that analyze the cost of shutdowns, most of which is lost labor. They're not in the table, but some of the individual articles about the shutdowns have the figures. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 21:26, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdowns_in_the_United_States: "Government shutdowns have the effect of disrupting government services and increasing costs to the government due to lost labor. During the 2013 shutdown, Standard & Poor's, the financial ratings agency, stated on October 16 that the shutdown had "to date taken $24 billion out of the economy", and "shaved at least 0.6 percent off annualized fourth-quarter 2013 GDP growth"." Pablogelo (talk) 05:32, 10 January 2019 (UTC)


 * I added a table at Government shutdowns in the United States. It shows cost to the government, but not currently cost to the economy. Antony–22 (talk⁄contribs) 03:04, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

List of funding gaps by president
Can someone arrange it to have one more showing each term a president held? Since it would be unfair to compare a president that had 2 terms with one that only served one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pablogelo (talk • contribs) 08:10, 10 January 2019 (UTC)