Washington (CNN) The ongoing partial government shutdown hit a new milestone on Friday by matching the record for the longest government shutdown in US history.

Today marks the 21st day of the partial shutdown that started days before Christmas over a standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over funding for the President's long-promised border wall.

That's the same length of time as the 21-day shutdown that stretched from December 1995 to January 1996 as a result of a clash between President Bill Clinton and the GOP Congress. That shutdown currently holds the record as the longest in US history.

As of now, there is still no end in sight to the current partial shutdown, putting it on track to break that record by Saturday.

The President and congressional Democrats remain at an impasse as Trump continues to demand more than $5 billion for a border wall and Democrats refuse to agree to that request.

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