"I think, certainly for most employees there is a sense of relief, not only the opportunity to get back to work -- the work that they love to do, but the relief that the uncertainty of when that next paycheck is coming in has been taken care of," National Park Service Spokesman Mike Litterst told NBC.
Senior legislators from both parties said the latest shutdown, the 19th since the mid-1970s, was as ineffective as previous shutdowns but much more disruptive as it was the longest in US history.
About 800,000 federal workers stayed home on fa hrefough or worked for no pay during the shutdown, missing at least two paychecks that officials are now working to make up for.
US President Donald Trump retreated on Friday from his demand for funding for a US-Mexico border wall that had caused the closure of about a quarter of the government. He also threatened to resume the shutdown on Feb. 15 if he does not get what he wants.
After polls showed Americans increasingly blamed him for the situation, Trump on Friday signed a measure to fund the government for three weeks as congressional negotiators try to work out a bill to fully fund it through Sept. 30.
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