House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) may have overstated the cost of the government shutdown by not mentioning an expected bounce-back, according to a report on Thursday.
President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill that helped reopen the government on January 25. Soon after, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the shutdown cost the economy $11 billion.
The figure was cited by numerous outlets and some lawmakers.
But FactCheck.org said Hoyer left out a critical piece of information when citing the figure, too.
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4 comments:
Hoyer didn't "overstate" he's just a liar, always has been.
Democrats just serving their donors and doing nothing for the folks.
Please Mr President no more shut down just declare a national emergency and build the wall. Don't give your enemies anything they think they can use against you in 2020.
Steny has always been mathematically challenged
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