The U.S. Capitol was quiet on the second day of the government shutdown as votes are not scheduled in either chamber in observance of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a press conference with members of his leadership team outside his office at 10 a.m. in an otherwise largely empty House.
The Senate is scheduled to meet at noon.
A Senate GOP aide said no formal meetings are scheduled for the day, though some senators are talking to each other on the phone during the holiday.
The next Senate votes will take place on Friday, when the Senate will vote again on a motion to advance the alternative Senate Democratic continuing resolution to fund government until Oct. 31.
The Senate will then vote on a procedural motion to advance the House-passed measure funding government until Nov. 21.
Both motions need 60 votes to succeed and both are expected to fail.
Government funding expired at midnight Oct. 1.
