CINCINNATI — With no apparent end in sight to the government shutdown , some of Cincinnati's federal workforce rallied Tuesday as they grapple with the fallout, from furloughs to threats of more layoffs .

"(It's) scary, terrifying, uncertain," Regina Parker, president of National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) Chapter 9, said. "We're attacked, verbally, we're being told that we're lazy, yet we're here working, and the ones making the budget aren't. What more can we do?"

NTEU Chapter 9 represents Cincinnati Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees. Parker said approximately 200 to 250 of those union workers have been furloughed as a result of the shutdown.

"You're not sitting at home just doing nothing. You're worrying about your job. You're worried about how you're going to put foo

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