If a bipartisan compromise can’t be reached tonight, many government offices will temporarily close, furloughing employees and ceasing function. “If it has to shut down, it’ll have to shut down,” Trump said Friday, according to ABC News. Democratic votes have been continuously withheld from the Republicans’ push to keep the government open, with plans for an orderly shutdown underway, per The New York Times. Scroll to continue readingThe shutdown could directly impact as many as 4 million federal employees, who may be living without pay. This would be the first government shutdown since 2019, during Trump’s first term, which was the longest federal shutdown in history at 35 days.