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Today I want to tell you about one of the most important political events of recent months in the United States — the longest shutdown in the country’s history, meaning a paralysis of the federal government’s operations.

czym tak naprawdę jest shutdown?

So, what exactly is a government shutdown? It happens when Congress fails to pass the federal budget for the new fiscal year. A lot of American government agencies rely entirely on yearly funding.

czy wszystko się zamyka

Some services stay open no matter what — things like the FBI, air traffic control, intelligence agencies, healthcare, or the prison system — because the country can’t afford to switch them off, but everything else just stops.

kiedy trwał?

This shutdown began on October 1 and ended only on November 12 — almost 43 days. And that broke the earlier record from 2018, when the shutdown lasted nearly 35 days, also under President Trump

czy było tak wcześniej?

So this isn’t something the U.S. experiences often, shutdowns sometimes happen there, but usually not in such extreme form. The country had literally never seen its federal government paralyzed for this long.

czemu akurat pierwszego października

Why did it all start on October first? Because that’s the exact moment the U.S. federal fiscal year starts. If Congress and the president don’t pass the budget — or at least a temporary spending resolution — before midnight on September 30,

agencje przerywają pracę?

And once that happens, agencies depending on yearly funding must shut down, even if people are in the middle of projects or services.

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The consequences this time were really serious, and millions of people felt them directly.

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For example, airlines were hit hard: around twenty thousand flights were delayed or canceled

bony na jedzenie

The poorest Americans had trouble accessing food stamps, which for many families are essential just to get through the month.

pracownicy publiczni

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees were either forced to stay home or told to work without pay — and that lasted for weeks. Some of them lost their jobs entirely because certain departments simply couldn’t function during the shutdown.

wszytko zamknięte i wszyscy to poczuli

Public buildings, parks, monuments, and tourist attractions were closed. A lot of everyday administrative things, like filing documents or handling basic government procedures, became impossible.

jak złamano impas

What eventually broke the deadlock? A compromise — the thing U.S. politics seems to struggle with most. Republicans negotiated with a group of eight Democratic senators.

na co się ugadali?

As part of that deal, mass layoffs were called off, and all employees were promised that they would receive the salaries they had missed during the shutdown.

co z propozycją demokratów

Even though the shutdown ended, the political tension didn’t. There’s still a major unresolved issue on the table: restoring health-insurance subsidies, which is one of the Democrats’ main demands.

kiedy mają to przegłosować

Congress is supposed to take it up before the end of the year, but so far there’s no real indication that a quick agreement is coming. So even though the government is back in business, the political dispute is far from over.

podsumowując pokazuje to jak ważne to jest

So, to sum it all up: the 2025 shutdown shows just how deep political gridlock in the United States can go, and how quickly budget conflicts at the very top spill over into daily life for ordinary citizens.

znowu wpłynęło na wszystkich ale ostatnie zdanie

When politicians can’t agree, it’s not just a Washington problem — it hits federal workers, travelers, families relying on government support, and in the end, the entire country.

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Thank you for your attention.