Saturday, March 08, 2025

The House districts most exposed to DOGE cuts

Share of workers who work for the federal government, by congressional district

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More from the article ...

... At first glance, it seems like DOGE's work to slash the federal workforce mainly impact the solidly Democratic areas in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Then you dig a little deeper.

Why it matters: Of the 60 congressional districts with the most federal workers, a slight majority are actually represented by Republicans " many of whom are publicly cheering on Elon Musk's hack-and-slash efforts.

- - - House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is on the list. So is Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), who leads the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), the chair of the House Appropriations Committee.

- - - Several of their endangered GOP incumbents " including Reps. Jen Kiggans (R-Va.) and Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.) " are on there as well. ...


As usual with Axios, there's an excellent graph in the article, which see.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-08 06:57 PM

Is it the ones with the most blacks?

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-08 08:35 PM

Poor folk. Billionaires want to use poor folk as a power source.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-08 09:49 PM

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