EXCLUSIVE: NY POST, SQUABBLING LAWMAKERS MADE $20K EACH DURING LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN HISTORY

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, said Thursday that 60,000 private sector jobs were lost as a result of the economic malaise from the shutdown. MORE AT Exclusive | Squabbling members of Congress made $20K each during record-long shutdown