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Congress erupts at Trump's shutdown mass firings: "This is a disaster"

Members of Congress pushed back Friday against the White House announcing layoffs of federal workers as part of the government shutdown.

Why it matters: The blowback includes Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, who called the layoffs "arbitrary" and said she "strongly" opposes them.


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