When Congress can’t reach a funding agreement, both sides of the political aisle whip up talking points about what a shutdown means for the economy, immigration, worker paychecks, disaster response and services for low-income families.

A recent poll shows that while Americans prefer for lawmakers to compromise to accomplish tasks in government, others admit that their own members of Congress opt to cling to their beliefs.

President Donald Trump is using the government shutdown to reshape the federal workforce and target detractors.