The Senate is scheduled to reconvene Friday and take up two stopgap-funding bills -- one sponsored by each party -- that could end the government shutdown that began Wednesday. Friday’s session is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. ET, with voting expected in the afternoon.

As Washington, D.C. faces a government shutdown, President Trump’s budget director, Russell Vought, will determine which federal workers stay on the job. NBC News' Vaughn Hillyard takes a closer look at Trump’s trusted ally now overseeing possible federal layoffs.