Government Shutdown
Congressional budget deadlock that shuts down federal government operations.
2026
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Key figures in Government Shutdown
128 figures
Donald Trump
President of the United States
Monae Johnson
Speaker of the House (R-LA)
John Thune
US Senator, South Dakota (R) — Senate Majority Leader
Chuck Schumer
Senate Minority Leader (D-NY)
Russell Vought
Acting CFPB Director and White House Office of Management and Budget Director
Kristi Noem
Former DHS Secretary (fired March 5, 2026)
Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Leader (D-NY)
Rand Paul
U.S. Senator (R-KY)
Jerome Powell
Chair of the Federal Reserve
Markwayne Mullin
US Senator, Oklahoma (R) — Nominee for DHS Secretary
Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senator (R-KY), former Senate Majority Leader
Patty Murray
US Senator, Washington (D) — Ranking Member, Senate Appropriations Committee
Sean Duffy
Transportation Secretary
Tim Kaine
U.S. Senator (D-VA)
Amy Klobuchar
Senator (D-MN)
Chris Van Hollen
U.S. Senator (D-MD)
Doreen Greenwald
National President, National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU)
Erika McEntarfer
Former BLS Commissioner (fired Aug. 2025)
John Fetterman
U.S. Senator (D-PA)
John Kennedy
U.S. Senator (R-LA)
Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator (R-AK)
Pete Hegseth
Executive agency
Thomas Massie
U.S. Representative (R-KY)
Abigail Spanberger
Democratic nominee and winner, Virginia governor
Adelita Grijalva
Representative-elect (Arizona)
AFGE and AFSCME (claimants)
Plaintiff labor unions
Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Victim, 37-year-old ICU nurse at Minneapolis VA hospital
Alex Pretti
US citizen killed by ICE agents
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
U.S. Representative (D-NY)
Amazon Web Services
Amazon cloud computing division (AWS)
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
Federal workers' union
Amy Berman Jackson
U.S. District Judge, District of Columbia
Andrea Campbell
Massachusetts Attorney General
Andrew Garbarino
U.S. Representative (R-NY), Chair, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity
Angus King
U.S. Senator (I-ME)
AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research
Nonpartisan polling organization at the University of Chicago
Beer, Wine and Spirits Industry Executives
Alcohol industry lobbyists
Beverly Lucas
Republican voter, retired educator, Ormond Beach, Florida
Bill Cassidy
U.S. Senator (R-LA), co-author of the Republican health care alternative
Bill Nelson
Former NASA Administrator (Biden administration); predecessor to current leadership
Brett Matsumoto
Trump nominee for BLS Commissioner
Brian Fitzpatrick
U.S. Representative (R-PA8)
Brooke Rollins
Secretary of Agriculture
Bryan Bedford
FAA Administrator
Catherine Cortez Masto
Senator (D-NV)
Chris Coons
U.S. Senator (D-DE)
Chris Fugate
Former FEMA Administrator
Chris Murphy
Senator (D-CT)
Dan Goldman
U.S. Representative (D-NY-10)
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Cabinet department
Dick Durbin
U.S. Senator (D-IL), Senate President Pro Tempore
Ed Case
U.S. Representative - HI District 1
Elizabeth Warren
U.S. Senator (D-MA)
Emily Liddel
BLS Associate Commissioner for Publications and Special Studies
Gallup
Nonpartisan polling organization
Gen. CQ Brown Jr.
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
George W. Bush
signer
Glenn Youngkin
Governor of Virginia
Ha Nguyen McNeill
Senior Official Performing Duties of TSA Administrator
IRGC Cyber Units (APT33 / APT34)
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps state-sponsored hacking groups
Jack Reed
U.S. Senator (D-RI), author of the Lower Health Care Costs Act
Jamieson Greer
Acting Special Counsel, U.S. Office of Special Counsel
Janet Yellen
Treasury Secretary
Jared Golden
U.S. Representative (D-ME)
Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senator (D-NH)
Jen Easterly
Former CISA Director (2021–January 2025)
Jennifer Bennett
Principal Attorney, Gupta Wessler LLP, representing NTEU
Josh Hawley
U.S. Senator (R-MO)
Karoline Leavitt
White House Press Secretary
Kathy Hochul
Governor of New York
Katie Britt
US Senator, Alabama (R) — Chair, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Kevin Hassett
Director, National Economic Council
Kevin Warsh
Trump nominee to replace Jerome Powell as Fed Chair
Kris Mayes
Arizona Attorney General
Linda McMahon
Education Secretary
Lindsay James
New York Attorney General
Madhu Gottumukkala
CISA Acting Director (May 2025 – late February 2026); reassigned to DHS cost-cutting review
Maggie Hassan
U.S. Senator (D-NH)
Major airport authorities
Airport operators and local authorities
Maria Cantwell
U.S. Senator (D-Wash.)
Marjorie Taylor Greene
U.S. Representative
Mark Kelly
U.S. Senator (D-AZ)
Mark Paoletta
CFPB Chief Legal Officer
Mike Crapo
U.S. Senator (R-ID), co-author of the Republican health care alternative; Chair, Senate Finance Committee
Mike Whitaker
FAA Administrator
Mikie Sherrill
Democratic nominee and winner, New Jersey governor
MOAA (Military Officers Association of America)
Veterans advocacy organization
Multiple airport authorities
Airport operators (Port Authority of NY & NJ, Port of Seattle, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Chicago Department of Aviation, etc.)
NATCA (National Air Traffic Controllers Association)
Controllers' Union
Nate Silver
Pollster and founder of FiveThirtyEight
National Shutdown Coalition
Organizers
Neomi Rao
U.S. Circuit Judge, D.C. Circuit
Nick Andersen
CISA Acting Director (from late February 2026); Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity
Nick Daniels
President, National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA)
OMB Director
Executive agency head
Patrick Schiltz
Chief U.S. District Judge, Minnesota
Pavel Gurvich
Founder and CEO, Tenzai (cybersecurity startup)
Pedro Pascal
Actor (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian)
Public Citizen
Government watchdog
Renee Good
US citizen killed by ICE agents
Renee Nicole Macklin Good
Victim, 37-year-old Minneapolis resident
Richard Blumenthal
U.S. Senator (D-Conn.)
Richard Nixon
Former President (historical)
Rick Scott
U.S. Senator (R-FL)
Robert Isom
CEO, American Airlines
Roger Wicker
U.S. Senator (R-MS), Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee
Rohit Chopra
Former CFPB Director
Ruben Gallego
U.S. Senator (D-AZ)
Sam Graves
U.S. Representative (R-MO), Chairman, House Transportation Committee
Scott Kirby
CEO, United Airlines
Scott Kupor
Director, Office of Personnel Management
Scott Peters
U.S. Representative (D-CA-50)
Sean Plankey
Trump's CISA Director-nominee; retired Coast Guard officer; removed from DHS senior adviser role
State Attorneys General
Attorneys general of multiple states and territories
Stephen Miller
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Susan Collins
U.S. Senator (R-ME)
Susan Illston
United States District Judge, Northern District of California
Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator (R-TX)
Tim Walberg
House Education and Workforce Committee Chair
Tom Cole
U.S. Representative (R-OK), Chair, House Appropriations Committee
Tom Homan
Border Czar
Tricia McLaughlin
Former DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs; wife of Strategy Group CEO Ben Yoho
Tryshanda T. Moton
President, GESTA IFPTE Local 29 (Goddard Engineers, Scientists and Technicians Association)
Vipin Arora
Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis
Wes Moore
Governor of Maryland
William Wiatrowski
Acting BLS Commissioner
Zoe Lofgren
Rep. (D-CA), Ranking Member, House Science, Space and Technology Committee
Zohran Mamdani
Democratic nominee and winner, New York City mayor