Collins says she ‘strongly’ opposes White House federal layoffs

Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) said she “strongly” opposes the White House’s determination to occurrence hundreds of furloughed national workers, calling the layoffs announced Friday “arbitrary.” “I powerfully reason [Office of Management and Budget] Director Russ Vought’s effort to permanently laic disconnected national workers who person been furloughed owed to a wholly unnecessary authorities shutdown…