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.
“Make no mistake – the Schumer Shutdown is hitting Americans where it hurts the most – their wallets. Every day Democrats drag this on, taxpayers will foot a $400 million bill for 750,000 non-essential bureaucrats NOT to work,” Ernst said in a written statement to Breitbart News.
She added, “Speaking of doing nothing, Congress still gets paid for failing to do its job. As if that was not bad enough, our economy could lose billions of dollars, our servicemembers will…
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