The Senate Banking Committee is slated to hear testimony from acting Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Travis Hill Thursday morning as he seeks to be confirmed to the role permanently.

The government shutdown is less than a week from breaking the record as the longest in US history. As economic pain points begin to mount, President Trump has called for Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster to force an end to the shutdown.

A confirmation hearing for President Trump’s surgeon general nominee was postponed because she went into labor, a spokesperson told The Post. Dr. Casey Means, 38, had been set to face grilling from lawmakers on Thursday remotely before the Senate Committee on Health,