Those who opted to leave would be paid through the end of September. The move appeared to stretch the limits of President Trump’s authority.

Here’s what we know about the deferred resignation program offered to federal employees by the Trump administration.

Big financial decisions made in haste are often followed by regret, especially when the terms leave you with no guarantees or options.

President Donald Trump is offering incentives to resign to nearly all federal workers in an attempt to reduce the size of the government. The administration expects 5% to 10% of the federal workforce to accept the offer, which contains eight months of pay and benefits. The White House confirmed the plan to the Washington Examiner.

Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, quickly condemned the Trump administration’s offer to roughly 2 million federal employees to resign in exchange for pay, saying in a Senate floor speech that the deal was a trick, that the president didn’t have the authority to make the offer and employees who resign may not be paid.

The Trump administration offered federal workers the chance to take a "deferred resignation" with a severance package of roughly eight months of pay and benefits. More than 50 Wasatch Front business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs urged the governor and Utah Legislature to reconsider the gondola plan.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it would give resignation offers to all federal employees who choose to leave their jobs by Feb. 6.