There have been 17 government shutdowns in modern US history — here's how they went down

The deadline to avoid a government shutdown is fast approaching.
The federal government has entered a shutdown 17 times since the modern budgeting process began.
Most of those times the shutdown has been short and not involved employees being sent home, but that has changed in recent shutdowns.With the Senate at an impasse and the Friday-night deadline looming, the odds of a partial shutdown of the federal government are growing by the minute.
If the federal government does enter a shutdown, it