President Trump and GOP lawmakers are itching to make a potential government shutdown as painful as possible for Democrats as negotiations show few signs of progress with less than a week to go.

Republicans and Democrats have talked past each other for weeks, with each side refusing to pivot from their calls for a seven-week "clean" stopgap package and for protecting Affordable Care Act subsidies, respectively.

But with the high-stakes deadline approaching, Republicans are warning the minority party that if a shutdown comes to pass, Trump will make life incredibly difficult for them.

"I'd be much more worried if I were a blue state. The president has a lot of discretionary power on what he declares is ... essential," said Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) when asked about a shutdown's impact

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