USDA says SNAP benefits won't be issued on Nov. 1

The Pentagon confirmed Friday it has accepted an anonymous $130 million donation to help pay troops if the government shutdown continues -- a bill expected to cost some $6.8 billion in total.

A statement from Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell said the department on Thursday "accepted an anonymous donation of $130 million under its general gift acceptance authority. The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of Service members' salaries and benefits."

There are about 2 million service members who risk going without a paycheck if the shutdown stretches on. Earlier this month, the Trump administration shifted money around in the Pentagon's nearly $1 trillion budget to cover the troops' payroll.

President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters from the White House on Thursday, first revealed the $130 million donation saying it came from "a friend of mine" who didn't want to be named.

"That's what I call a patriot," Trump said.

The House will officially be out of session again next week amid the government shutdown -- scrapping votes for the fifth week in a row. The lower chamber held its last vote on Sept. 19.

During the Friday afternoon pro forma session, the clerk read a message from the speaker of the House designating Monday, Oct. 27 through Sunday, Nov. 2 as a "district work period."

Speaker Mike Johnson has kept his chamber on a 48-hour notice return, meaning the House will be out unless there is Senate action to resolve the government shutdown.

There are no committee hearings or markups scheduled in the House next week.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

The ongoing government shutdown is hitting thousands of federal workers on Friday.

More than 500,000 federal workers are missing their first full paycheck on Friday as the government shutdown hits Day 24.

The Senate is out, so this shutdown will continue into Monday.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez

As lawmakers head home for the weekend – ensuring the shutdown will drag into the next week – another week has passed on Capitol Hill with little, if any, progress to reopen the government.

Asked whether there was anything that occurred this week that brings Congress any closer to reopening government, the resounding consensus was no.

"No, none," Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told ABC News. "I think we're at an impasse. I think we're going to go into November. It's horrible."

"I can't tell you how wrong it is, I think, to make people suffer because of it, and people are suffering," Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said. "I mean, I know that in this building, it's like, oh, this is just a political game. This is not a game."

Despite the lack of momentum to end the shutdown, Lummis does not believe that President Donald Trump needs to get more involved to break the stalemate.

"I think that this is something that the Congress needs to handle among itself. We know what they're asking for," Lummis said. "It's $1.5 trillion and they want to put a band aid on Obamacare when Obamacare needs to be addressed for its underlying inability to deliver affordable health care. So there's a lot of work to do."

-ABC News' John Parkinson