It’s also affecting workers and communities outside the Washington, D.C. area, where about 80% of that workforce is based. Those cuts mean that members of Congress are now facing potential angst among the out-of-work federal employees in their districts across the country.

The Social Security Administration eliminated its Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity on Tuesday. A spokesman for the Social Security Administration said 140 workers in the Civil Rights Office were put on administrative leave.

At least 30,000 federal employees have been fired as the Department of Government Efficiency aims to cut government spending.