Trump Signs Bill Giving Federal Workers Back Pay

Trump Signs Bill Giving Federal Workers Back Pay
President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order calling for the review of the Waters of the United States Rule, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 28, 2017. Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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The White House said on Jan. 16, that President Donald Trump has signed a bill that will require some 800,000 federal employees to be compensated for wages lost or work performed during the partial government shutdown.

Wednesday’s bill signing was closed to the media. The House and Senate had voted to give the workers back pay whenever the federal government reopens.