President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE on Tuesday questioned why Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Pelosi must go — the House is in dire need of new leadership MORE (D-Calif.) continues to receive a salary during a prolonged partial government shutdown, which has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers without pay.

Why is Nancy Pelosi getting paid when people who are working are not? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2019

Trump has been seeking to put the blame on Democrats amid polls that show more people blame him for the partial government shutdown, which was triggered by the president's demands for funding for a Mexican border wall.

Parts of the government are open because Trump did sign spending bills for some departments, including the legislative branch.

In response to questions about Trump's remark and whether the Speaker was donating or forgoing her salary, Pelosi's office pointed to a tweet in which she called on Trump to reopen the government.

.@realDonaldTrump, stop holding the paychecks of 800,000 Americans hostage. There is no reason for them to be suffering right now. Re-open the government! #TrumpShutdown https://t.co/3yQ3B9fOOn — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 15, 2019

Her spokesman, Drew Hammill, tweeted in response to Trump that the House has "repeatedly passed bills to re-open government."

The House under Speaker Pelosi has repeatedly passed bills to re-open government. https://t.co/5ihTM0ss2g — Drew Hammill (@Drew_Hammill) January 15, 2019

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The Democrat-held House has passed a series of bills in recent days to individually reopen several agencies, including the departments of Treasury, Interior and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency.

In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled McConnell accuses Democrats of sowing division by 'downplaying progress' on election security Warren, Schumer introduce plan for next president to cancel ,000 in student debt MORE (R-Ky.) has said none of the bills will be brought up absent an agreement between Trump and Democrats.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been furloughed or been forced to work without pay amid the shutdown. An increasing number of Transportation Security Agency workers have called in sick as they go without pay, though the agency has insisted travelers' safety is not compromised.

Dozens of lawmakers have said they will donate or forgo their salary during the shutdown.

Trump has insisted that many federal workers support his taking a stand on the wall, though a number of workers have shared stories in recent days of struggling to make ends meet.

Trump and lawmakers have said federal workers will receive back pay once the government is reopened.

Updated at 9:56 a.m.