Friday, August 21, 2026

Capitol quiet on second day of shutdown

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The U.S. Capitol was quiet on the second day of the federal government shutdown as votes will not be scheduled in both chamber in observance of the Jewish vacation Yom Kippur.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a press convention with members of his management workforce exterior his workplace at 10 a.m. in an in any other case largely empty Home.

The Senate is scheduled to satisfy at midday.

A Senate GOP aide mentioned no formal conferences are scheduled for the day, although some senators are speaking to one another on the cellphone in the course of the vacation.

The following Senate votes will happen on Friday, when the Senate will vote once more on a movement to advance the choice Senate Democratic persevering with decision to fund authorities till Oct. 31.

The Senate will then vote on a procedural movement to advance the Home-passed measure funding authorities till Nov. 21.

Each motions want 60 votes to succeed and each are anticipated to fail.

Authorities funding expired at midnight Oct. 1.

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