What were the two main reasons the government shut down

A budget agreement would likely go for two years, lessening the chance for a government shutdown through 2019. Defense spending. It's not only Democrats who are fed up with short-term spending bills and kicking the proverbial can down the road. Republican defense hawks in the House and Senate ... A government shutdown is the closure of nonessential offices of the government-due to lack of approval on the federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year ... The-shutdown stays in effect until a compromise is reached and a budget bill is passed. they didn't things they shouldn't have