Turkey has taken in roughly 1.9 million refugees while Lebanon has accepted 1.1 million. The United States accepted 70,000 refugees from around the globe in 2013, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Roughly half of those were from two countries: Iraq and Burma.
The longest government shutdown in history happened when Democrat Clinton and Republicans in Congress, who controlled both houses, disagreed over funding on Medicare, education and the environment. Republicans wanted to curb government spending, clashing with Clinton over his ideas.
Government shutdowns have been survived before. In the 1970s they were commonplace â at least, until a legal ruling that forced non-essential workers to stay at home rather than work for IOUs. The second of Bill Clinton's standoffs with Newt Gringrich lasted 21 days over New Year 1995-6.