DC-area lawmakers blast OMB threat to fire federal workers if shutdown occurs

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Democratic members of Congress from the D.C. area on Thursday sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s administration’s threat to carry out mass firings if a government shutdown isn’t averted.

Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, has put out a memo that warns the administration will consider laying off federal workers in agencies that don’t receive funding from Congress before the Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.

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