John Barrasso ( R - Wyo. ) The message Barrasso heard at local GOP events in Wyoming was “build the wall, build the wall, build the wall,” he told The Post. “They also would like to see the government open, but not at the expense of not accomplishing what the president has promoted.” Read more »

Marsha Blackburn ( R - Tenn. ) “Our border patrol agents tell us they need three things to secure the sovereignty of this nation: a wall, technology, and more agents on the ground. We need to give them the tools they need to keep our country safe,” Blackburn tweeted on Jan. 13. Read more »

Roy Blunt ( R - Mo. ) “Not only does the government need to function, but this is just an issue we need to solve. ... And no president has ever had the credibility that this president will have if he says to the American people, I have met my commitment, the border is secure,” Blunt said Jan. 9 on the Senate floor. Read more »

John Boozman ( R - Ark. ) “I will continue working with the president and my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to find a solution,” Boozman said in a statement on Jan. 14. “Federal employees should never be in the unfortunate position where they worry when they will receive their paycheck.” Read more »

Mike Braun ( R - Ind. ) “I’m thinking we've got weeks to go, not months” Braun told CBS News in a podcast published on Jan. 11. “Surely we will come together, give minimum border security to the president and to those of us who believe it needs to be done, and we get the government back going and get talking on some of the other issues." Read more »

Richard Burr ( R - N.C. )

Shelley Moore Capito ( R - W. Va. ) “I think certainly I have expressed more than a few times the frustrations with a government shutdown and how useless it is,” Capito said on Jan. 8. “That pressure is going to build.” Read more »

Bill Cassidy ( R - La. ) “There absolutely can be common ground if people just step back,” Cassidy told a Louisiana TV station in early January. Cassidy has floated an idea to use asset forfeiture funds to pay for the initial cost of the wall, though Justice Department officials are “fiercely against” doing this, according to ABC News. Read more »

John Cornyn ( R - Tex. ) “We are not going to fold, we are on the right side of this argument,” Cornyn told Fox News. The Texas senator, who is up for re-election in 2020, told The Post, “I think Republican primary voters are with the president.” Read more »

Tom Cotton ( R - Ark. ) “I wish the government wasn’t shut down, I’d like to see it reopen but at the same time I would like to make sure that our border is secure,” Cotton told a Little Rock news station. Read more »

Kevin Cramer ( R - N.D. ) “A vast majority of North Dakotans want the wall,” Cramer told the West Central Tribune. Read more »

Mike Crapo ( R - Idaho ) “This is going to require compromise on all sides,” Crapo told the Idaho State Journal. Read more »

Ted Cruz ( R - Tex. ) “This is now the second Schumer shutdown in a year. He forced one earlier because he wanted to see amnesty. He forced the second one because he wants to see open borders,” Cruz told Fox News. Read more »

Steve Daines ( R - Mont. ) “I just finished watching @POTUS address the nation and I couldn't agree more,” Daines tweeted. “We MUST secure our southern border. I stand with our border patrol agents, which is why I’ve asked that my pay be withheld until we we reach a deal.” Read more »

Mike Enzi ( R - Wyo. ) Enzi, the Budget Committee chairman, was part of a group that introduced a bill to prevent future government shutdowns by automatically renewing existing funding if no new funding bill is passed. “A government shutdown disrupts lives both inside and outside the government,” he said in a Jan. 11 statement. Read more »

Joni Ernst ( R - Iowa ) “Make no mistake: we have a humanitarian crisis as a result of the 60,000 illegal and inadmissible immigrants a month on the southern border. Democrats in Washington, D.C. are playing games with the safety and security of each and every town in America,” Ernst said in a Jan. 8 press release. Read more »

Deb Fischer ( R - Neb. ) “Until they come out and start being able to talk and being able to negotiate, this is where we’re at,” Fischer said. Read more »

Josh Hawley ( R - Mo. ) On Jan. 8, Hawley tweeted: “.@chuckschumer & @SpeakerPelosi say wall is immoral. But Dems have supported barriers at border in the past. Why the change now? Sounds like partisan politics to me. When did liberals start caring more about protecting illegals than protecting American workers?" Read more »

John Hoeven ( R - N.D. ) “There’s a number of ideas we are working on and I hope one of them clicks,” Hoeven said in a radio interview on Jan. 16. Read more »

Cindy Hyde-Smith ( R - Miss. )

James M. Inhofe ( R - Okla. ) On Jan. 8, Inhofe tweeted: “I’m proud to stand strong with President @realDonaldTrump to secure our southern border. #SecureOurBorder.” Read more »

Johnny Isakson ( R - Ga. ) In response to McConnell’s refusal to bring up a bill that Trump wouldn’t sign, Isakson warned that Republican senators might not be on board indefinitely, according to CNN. “There's a time when [support for McConnell’s strategy] may run out. But right now that doesn't run out,” Isakson said. Read more »

John Neely Kennedy ( R - La. )

James Lankford ( R - Okla. ) “Let’s do border security,” Lankford said on the Senate floor on Jan. 10. “Let’s not fight over ‘Okay, let’s open the government up, and then we’ll talk about it later.’ Everyone knows that really won’t happen.” Read more »

Mike Lee ( R - Utah ) “Let’s come together, give the Department of Homeland Security the money they need to address this crisis, and end the shutdown,” Lee said in a Jan. 8 tweet. Read more »

Mitch McConnell ( R - Ky. ) McConnell brought up a funding bill in December to keep the government running until Feb. 8, but Trump bowed to pressure from his base, leading to the partial shutdown. Now the Senate majority leader says he will not bring up a bill that Trump won’t sign. “The last thing we need to do right now is to trade absolutely pointless show votes back and forth across the aisle,” he said on the floor. Read more »

Martha McSally ( R - Ariz. )

Rand Paul ( R - Ky. )

David Perdue ( R - Ga. ) “I think it’s time for the Senate right now to put forward and put pressure on both parties to try to get this concluded,” Perdue said in a Jan. 9 interview with Bloomberg. Read more »

James E. Risch ( R - Idaho ) “The way that you handle these is you sit down in good faith and negotiate and reach some middle ground that everybody can stand on,” Risch told the Times-News. “Each party needs an exit ramp that lets them save face and get something that they want. If people sit down and talk, that is usually doable.” Read more »

Pat Roberts ( R - Kan. ) Roberts, who presided over a deserted Senate chamber on Dec. 24, said to reporters: “This is my fifth shutdown. I’m beyond frustrated.” Read more »

Mitt Romney ( R - Utah ) "The right approach is for there to be some kind of deal that can be done where both sides get something that they feel is important," Romney told KSL Newsradio. The senator has also said he does not support a national emergency declaration from Trump. Read more »

Mike Rounds ( R - S.D. ) Rounds told The Post he was “not really” facing an influx of calls from angry constituents demanding the government function again. He told NPR that a solution is needed to address both border funding and reopening the government. "You can't do one without the other. There's got to be a compromise that allows both sides to move forward and feel like they came out with somewhat of a victory,” he said. Read more »

Marco Rubio ( R - Fla. ) Rubio expressed skepticism in a Fox News interview about associating a DACA deal with a bill to end the shutdown. “It is something I would like for us to fix. I'm not sure that we should do something that important — it's an intricate issue — as part of a broader deal just to get government reopened.” Read more »

Ben Sasse ( R - Neb. )

Rick Scott ( R - Fla. ) In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times, Scott said, “I think the right thing to do, is Congress ought to sit down with the president and they ought to come to an agreement.” Read more »

Richard C. Shelby ( R - Ala. ) Shelby, who chairs the powerful Senate Appropriations committee, told CBS News that negotiations were at “an impasse” in late December. “Nobody wins in a shutdown,” he said. “We all lose and we kind of look silly.” Read more »

Dan Sullivan ( R - Alaska ) “I want to make it very clear: I support the president in his efforts and in his administration’s efforts to secure our border,” Sullivan said in a speech to Alaskans on Jan. 9. Read more »

John Thune ( R - S.D. ) A member of Senate leadership, Thune told a South Dakota television station that “both sides have to give a little bit and from what I have seen, the president has demonstrated his flexibility on this issue. I have not seen any of that from Democrats.” Read more »

Roger Wicker ( R - Miss. ) In a tweet, Wicker applauded Trump’s restraint on declaring a national emergency. “Congress must secure the border. Declaring a national emergency would have let the Democrats off the hook, caused a long court battle and set a bad precedent.” Read more »