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Than three weeks. it appears the president has learned absolutely nothing. today the nonpartisan congressional budget office estimated that the shutdown cost the u.s. economy $11 billion, including $3 billion that will never be recovered. in other words, the president effectively lit that money on fire in a fruitless effort to get funding for a wall he famously promised mexico would pay for. in the briefing room today the white house simply refused to acknowledge the finding. >> no, i won't acknowledge any of that right now. now that the government is reopened, the switch goes right back on. t...

Including $3 billion that will never be recovered. in other words, the president effectively lit that money on fire in a fruitless effort to get funding for a wall he famously promised mexico would pay for. in the briefing room today the white house simply refused to acknowledge the finding. >> no, i won't acknowledge any of that right now. now that the government is reopened, the switch goes right back on. there's certainly no permanent damage to the economy. >> no, no, everything is swell. just tell that to the federal contractors who lost their health insurance during the shutdown and remai...