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.
Here is every previous government shutdown, why they happened and how they ended By Dylan Matthews By Dylan Matthews September 25, 2013 Since the modern congressional budgeting process took effect in 1976, there have been a total of seventeen separate government shutdowns (or spending gaps in Hill jargon).