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Tracking the Rising Cost of Trump and McConnell’s Shutdown Interactive
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talk to reporters in the Rose Garden at the White House, October 2017. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Tracking the Rising Cost of Trump and McConnell’s Shutdown

By the White House's own estimate, President Trump and Sen. McConnell's shutdown is costing the U.S. economy $6.5 billion each week they refuse to fund the government.

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