Bickering lawmakers in Washington, DC , raked in over $20,000 each at the expense of American taxpayers during the longest US government shutdown in history, according to official data reviewed by The Post.

President Donald Trump ended the record 43-day closure with the stroke of a pen on Wednesday night after a handful of moderate Dems finally joined Republicans to end the standoff that the White House estimates cost the economy a whopping $15 billion per week.

Members of Congress grabbed a total of more than $10 million during the shutdown that saw food stamp aid slashed, travel chaos unleashed across the US, and more than 1 million federal workers go without pay.

Kevin Hassett, one of Trump’s top economic advisers and a candidate to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, sai

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