Multiple federal agencies have told their employees to report to work on Thursday, according to three administration officials. The direction came before President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill Wednesday night .

Government workers at the Health and Human Services Department, Department of the Interior, Housing and Urban Development Department, and Department of Justice were all advised to come in on Thursday, regardless of when the measure was signed.

One of the emails referred to the funding lapse as the “Democratic shutdown,” continuing a trend of partisan language on display from various agencies leading up to and during the government’s closure.

The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday night approved legislation in a 222 to 209 vote to reopen the government a

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