President Trump on Wednesday signed a bill into law guaranteeing back pay to federal government employees furloughed due to the partial shutdown.

Federal workers will be compensated for “wages lost, work performed, or leave used” since the funding gap started on Dec. 22, the White House said in a brief statement after the president put his signature on the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act.

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