A report from the Congressional Budget Office found that taxpayers will pay furloughed workers $400 million per day during the government shutdown .

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. The analysis found that significant disruption would take place, including paying hundreds of thousands of workers for not working.

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