WASHINGTON -- The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) encouraged federal employees across the government -- including at the Departments of Labor, Justice and Education -- to create out-of-office email messages denouncing "Democrat Senators" for causing the government shutdown , multiple sources confirmed to ABC News.

In addition to the public statements on federal websites blaming the "radical left" for the shutdown , out-of-office automatic replies from the Department of Labor said the following:

"Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume," the text of an email template p

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