ICYMI: Ernst Exposes Schumer’s Shutdown Shenanigans Costing Taxpayers $400 Million Per Day

WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is exposing the true cost of Schumer’s Shutdown Shenanigans after requesting a full accounting from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.

Every workday that the government is closed because of Democrats’ political games, taxpayers will be forced to foot a $400 million bill to pay the 750,000 “non-essential” federal employees to sit at home and not work. On workday six, the total cost has already hit $2.4 billion.

Here is some of the coverage:

Click here to watch Senator Ernst discuss on Newsmax.

Click here to watch Senator Ernst join Fox Business.

Click here to watch Senator Ernst share an update on Newsmax.

FOX NEWS | 'Schumer shutdown' already cost taxpayers $1.2B in pay to employees not working

“White House spokesman Kush Desai slammed Democrats as ‘not serious people’ when asked about the CBO data Friday morning. ‘Democrats are burning $400 million a day to pay federal workers not to work because they want to spend $200 billion on free health care for illegal aliens,’ Desai told Fox News Digital. ‘These are not serious people.’”

BREITBART | Sen. Joni Ernst: Taxpayers Paying $400 Million per Day for Bureaucrats Not to Work Due to Democrat Shutdown

“Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told Breitbart News Thursday that taxpayers are paying $400 million per day for non-essential federal bureaucrats not to work during the Democrat shutdown.”

NATIONAL REVIEW | Taxpayers Will Spend $400 Million Daily for Government Employees Not to Work, CBO Estimates

“If the current shutdown were to last just as long as the last one, furloughed employees would collectively receive roughly $14 billion in backpay for days they did not work.”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER | Taxpayers pay $400 million per day for 750,000 furloughed federal workers during shutdown: CBO

“Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) asked the CBO last week for a detailed analysis of the economic costs of the government shutdown, including disruptions to small businesses, lost revenue, delayed wages for military servicemembers, and long-term fallout.”

TOWNHALL | Guess How Much the Schumer Shutdown is Costing American Taxpayers

“Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa, who requested a cost breakdown from the CBO, posted on X Monday, "It is day six of the Schumer Shutdown. For the fourth straight 'work' day, taxpayers will foot the $400 million bill to pay 750,000 'non-essential' bureaucrats to sit at home and NOT WORK.”

DAILY MAIL | Government shutdown has already cost taxpayers $1.2 billion as 750,000 workers are paid to stay home

“The estimate was commissioned by Senator Joni Ernst on September 30, days before Congress failed to pass a stopgap bill before the midnight deadline on October 1.”

DAILY SIGNAL | ‘Democrats Own This Government Shutdown,’ GOP Senators Say

“Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, noted that federal employees furloughed would ultimately be getting paid to not work since they are entitled to back pay once the shutdown ends.”

CNN: CBO director says 750K federal employees could be furloughed daily

“The Director of the Congressional Budget Office said in a letter to GOP Sen. Joni Ernst that a lapse in federal funding could cause approximately 750,000 federal employees to be furloughed each day, according to a copy of the letter obtained by CNN.”

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