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.
Those who saw their salaries frozen will now receive back pay after Trump signed the order to reopen the government on Wednesday night.
Joe Grogan, who served in the Office of Management and Budget during President Trump’s first term, lambasted Dem lawmakers over the funding row, accusing them of hypocrisy.
“Maybe the Democrats would have been more reluctant to shut the government down for a political stunt if they were forced to live like Americans who couldn’t get food stamps, or had their flights cancelled, or didn’t get paid for their work in a federal agency,” Grogan, who oversaw domestic healthcare spending of $1.3 trillion in the last Trump administration, told the Post.
“Maybe Members should heed the ‘No Kings’ chant and serve the people rather than treat them like peasants to be ruled,” he added.
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