Fired federal workers stage sit-in on Capitol steps

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10 June 2025

Chris Feddersen (L), Amy Uccello (R) sit with their nine-month-old daughter, Aurelia, with other fired federal workers and contractors stage on the Capitol steps to demand the Senate reject cuts to services passed by the House of Representatives in U.S. President Donald Trump's ''One big beautiful bill,'' in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 10, 2025. Both Fedderson and Uccello were fired from jobs working with USAID.

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10 June 2025

Fired federal workers and contractors listen to Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) during a sit-in on the Capitol steps demanding the Senate reject cuts to services passed by the House of Representatives in U.S. President Donald Trump's ''One big beautiful bill,'' in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 10, 2025.

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11 June 2025

Chris Feddersen (CR) entertains his nine-month-old daughter, Aurelia, while he and his wife, Amy Uccello (R) join other fired federal workers and contractors in a sit-in on the Capitol steps to demand the Senate reject cuts to services passed by the House of Representatives in U.S. President Donald Trump's ''One big beautiful bill,'' in Washington, D.C., U.S., on June 10, 2025. Both Feddersen and Uccello worked with USAID and lost their jobs when Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) shuttered the agency.