FIRST ON FOX: Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst introduced a bill Wednesday that would require federal agencies to submit detailed reports outlining the true full costs of a government shutdown, including back pay for furloughed employees. "Schumer’s Shutdown shenanigans have already wasted $4.4 billion paying 750,000 ‘non-essential’ federal employees not to work for more than two weeks," Ernst told Fox News Digital. "My Non-Essential Workers Transparency Act will expose the lost productivity and true cost of Democrats’ political stunt," she said. "It will also help expose which parts of the blo...

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