It’s the end of the road for those who took the “Fork in the Road.”

Regardless of what happens if and when the government shuts down, Tuesday is the last day on the payroll for more than 100,000 federal employees who took the “Fork in the Road” buyout package President Donald Trump’s administration offered earlier this year.

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Officially called the Deferred Resignation Program, the nearly $15 billion buyout is supposed to save the federal government about $28 billion a year in the future.

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