#TrumpEndsShutdown The House passed a spending package to end a short-term partial government shutdown and fund most federal agencies through the end of the fiscal year.

The spending deal, which includes a two-week continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security, was passed by the Senate last Friday.

President Donald Trump signed the spending package into law on Tuesday afternoon.

The stopgap spending for DHS gives lawmakers more time to negotiate over guardrails on the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations, following the deaths of two individuals in recent weeks.The spending package includes language guaranteeing back pay to federal employees who were briefly furloughed during the partial shutdown.

The Office of Personnel Management recently updated its shutdown guidance to remove references to the guarantee of back pay for furloughed federal employees once the funding lapse ends.

OPM’s guidance stated that “Congress will determine via legislation whether furloughed employees receive pay for furlough periods.”

After Trump signed the spending plan into law, OPM directed furloughed employees to return to work.

“Agencies should provide direction to their employees on resumption of operations and reporting expectations,” the guidance states.

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