With the shutdown soon to enter its second week, attention returns to the Senate on Oct. 6. Voters are expected again on a pair of bills to reopen the government, though both measures are likely to fail absent a compromise. The House remains on recess until October 14.

Follow government shutdown news as Trump and Congress grapple with federal budget plans. Firings are expected soon, and some employees have received furlough notices.

The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee resumed its hearing on anomalous flood control projects on Thursday. Expected to attend the investigation are contractors Curlee and Sarah Discaya and former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials Henry Alcantara, Brice Hernandez, and Jaypee Mendoza.

Get live updates from Capitol Hill after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement to avert a government shut down.

Senate again rejects competing funding bills from Democrats and Republicans as the shutdown is set to hit the one-week mark.