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For the 800,000 federal employees who were forced to work without pay or furloughed, President Donald Trump’s announcement Friday that he would temporarily end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history signaled a return to normality.

Trump promised that those workers would receive back pay “very quickly, or as soon as possible.”

But when will their checks arrive? When will shuttered national park buildings reopen? What awaits furloughed employees who haven’t worked since before Christmas? When will the nine affected agencies be able to resume full operation?

Alex Jay Berman, a union leader who works in customer service at the IRS, said he didn’t have any answers yet for his more than 3,300 members.

The Liberty Bell and Independence Hall opened Saturday at 10 a.m. while the Independence Visitor Center returned to its regular schedule yesterday, with hours from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m..

The government will reopen until at least Feb. 15 under the bill the president signed authorizing the temporary reopening. The 35-day shutdown began on Dec. 22.

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