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.

Alabama, a town of 2,000, to work at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, outside Washington, D.C. "I wiped out my savings account, I maxed out my credit card, I had to take out a loan ...

The House passed a similar Republican-led measure in January and President Trump signed an executive order on the issue last month.

Patel promised Sen. Katie Britt to visit the FBI facility, which sits on a site within the 38,000 acres at Redstone Arsenal.

The FBI is set to relocate 1,500 employees from its HQ, with 1,000 moving to field offices nationwide and 500 to Huntsville, Alabama. This move, affecting part of its 37,478 nationwide staff, aims to decentralize operations,