750,000 federal employees could be furloughed daily in shutdown, CBO estimates Politics Sep 30, 2025 4:33 PM EDT

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that roughly 750,000 federal employees could be furloughed each day of a shutdown, with the total daily cost of their compensation at roughly $400 million, according to an analysis of federal agencies’ latest contingency plans and the Office of Personnel Management.

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The estimate released Tuesday comes in response to Sen. Joni Ernst’s request for an analysis of the impact of what she calls a “Schumer Shutdown” which includes a series of questions about how much damage to the economy would be caused and the expected daily

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