Jan. 16 (UPI) -- In a moment of rare bipartisanship, President Donald Trump signed a Democrat-sponsored bill Wednesday guaranteeing back pay to workers furloughed by the ongoing partial government shutdown.
Since Dec. 22, several government departments have been shut down due to an impasse between congressional Democrats and Trump over the president's request for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. This stalemate has forced tens of thousands of federal employees to work without pay, with some 80,000 not receiving a paycheck for the first time Friday.