Critical constitutional concerns emerge as the president subverts Congress to create his own tax and spending policies

It is out of the ordinary to use a government shutdown to fire people. The way this usually goes down is that workers get furloughed during a shutdown, and then often many of them get back pay once it ends. Already, lawsuits are being brought against the Trump administration for its efforts to straight up fire people this week.

In the battle of public opinion, the White House and the GOP appeared to be taking more of the blame for the shutdown than Democrats. In a new CBS News poll, 39% said they mostly blame Trump and Republicans, while 30% blame Democrats in Congress and 31% blame both equally.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is scheduled to address reporters Monday afternoon as the government shutdown enters its sixth day. President Trump has stayed out of the fray on Capitol Hill,

The partial government shutdown stems from congressional disagreement over healthcare provisions, whereas the previous shutdown pitted the White House against lawmakers.

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Monday morning that the government shutdown will cost the U.S. GDP about $15 billion per week.

Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government.