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 Yom Kippur.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a press conference with members of his leadership team outside his office at 10 a.m. EDT 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 by phone during the holiday.

The next Senate votes will take place Friday, when the upper chamber will vote again on a motion to advance the alternative 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 No

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