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Saturday, March 08, 2025

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

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... 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 | Reply

Is it the ones with the most blacks?

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

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

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

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