This is the 'Schumer Shutdown,' says Newt Gingrich Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich slams the Democratic Party for causing the government shutdown on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.' NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! The government shutdown costs taxpayers $400 million every day to pay federal employees who are not actively working, totaling $1.2 billion as of Friday, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) data published by Sen. Joni Ernst's, R-Iowa, office estimates.  "Schumer’s