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Federal workers urge congressional lawmakers to reverse job cuts

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Fork Off Coalition holds a job fair and staged a sit-in at a Senate building Tuesday .

Thousands of government employees have been laid off as the Trump administration seeks to scale back the federal workforce.

Workers say they have been received "very well" by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

"We're looking for senators to get a backbone.. to actually do something to protect the rule of law," says one .

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