President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Democrats on Monday morning, blaming them for a government shutdown that was entering its third day and faces a crucial vote at noon.

Democrats in the Senate have refused to vote in favor of a short-term funding reboot, insisting that any deal must formalize the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects some illegal immigrants from deportation.

Republicans, who hold 51 Senate seats, need at least nine Democrats to join them in order to pass a 60-vote threshold for a short-term budget measure.

Meanwhile, some military and other national security funding is on hold – along with federal spending on social welfare programs like community health centers and children's medical insurance.

'The Democrats are turning down services and security for citizens in favor of services and security for non-citizens. Not good!' Trump tweeted Monday morning.

He also suggested that Senate liberals are pulling the strings of centrists who might be leaning toward ending the shutdown.

'Democrats have shut down our government in the interests of their far left base. They don’t want to do it but are powerless!' he added in a second tweet.

President Donald Trump tweeted his anger at Democrats on Monday morning as a government shutdown entered its third day

Trump said Democrats 'are turning down services and security for citizens in favor of services and security for non-citizens' as they demand a DACA fix in exchange for government funding

The government shutdown is extending into a third day after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach a deal on Sunday night. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell is seen leaving the Capitol

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Democrats, who hold enough votes to block a compromise, must 'stop playing games and come to the table and get serious'

Republicans and Democrats remain at loggerheads and have been unable to strike a deal to fund the government, extending Friday's shutdown to a third day – and into an uncertain workweek for federal employees.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer did not appear to be any closer to ending the stalemate as they left the Capitol on Sunday night.

Schumer and the Democrats walked away from late-night talks and a scheduled 1:00 a.m. vote in favor of trying at noon on Monday.

The lack of a deal means hundreds of thousands of public sector workers will not show up for work on Monday, and will go unpaid unless the shutdown is resolved by the end of the month

McConnell called for both parties to 'step back from the brink and stop victimizing the American people.'

'The shutdown should stop today. And we'll soon have a vote that will allow us to do that,' he said.

But few in Washington expect Monday's noontime vote to change anything. Presuming it fails, Democrats could invoke an arcane rule to hold off another vote until 30 hours later – dinnertime Tuesday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer assigned blame for the government shutdown to President Trump

'Open the government, then we'll resume negotiations,' House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday morning. 'It's just that clear, it's just that simple'

WHITE HOUSE VOICEMAIL BLAMES DEMOCRATS FOR SHUTDOWN Americans trying to call the public comments line at the White House cannot get through because of the government shutdown. But the Trump administration has changed the voicemail message callers receive when they dial the number. Anyone calling 202-456-1111 gets the following message: 'Thank you for calling the White House. Unfortunately, we cannot answer your call today because congressional Democrats are holding government funding—including funding for our troops and other national security priorities—hostage to an unrelated immigration debate. 'Due to this obstruction, the government is shut down. In the meantime, you can leave a comment for the president at www.whitehouse.gov/contact. 'We look forward to taking your calls as soon as the government reopens.' Advertisement

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders blasted Democrats Monday on 'Good Morning America,' saying that they're 'playing political games' while soldiers go unpaid and children's health programs are left in the lurch.

'Democrats support everything in this piece of legislation. The fact that they won't simply vote for it, to re-open our government, fund our military, protect the most vulnerable children, is mind-boggling, I think, to everyone across this country,' Sanders said.

'I hope that Democrats will stop playing games and come to the table and get serious about what they were elected to come here and do.'

She insisted that the White House stands ready to negotiate on immigration policy – the Democrats' chief hang-up – as soon as the government is reopened.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, whose chamber passed a government funding measure on Thursday, said on 'Fox & Friends' that Democrats are wrong to hold the government 'hostage.'

'Open the government. Then we'll resume negotiations. It's just that clear. It's just that simple,' he said.

White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said on 'CBS This Morning' that no one at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue wanted to see the government's wheels grind to a halt.

'Everyone admits and acknowledges the president did not want this shutdown [and] actively worked to prevent the shutdown,' Mulvaney said.

He also objected to Democrats holding the budget hostage to a permanent DADA solution.

'The government should be open. We should not, however, be negotiating over a non-financial issue, the DACA issue, as part of keeping the government open,' Mulvaney declared.

The budget chief appeared surprised, however, that the beginning of a new week didn't quickly end the stalemate.

'I thought this was an attempt by some of the Democrat leadership ... to deny the president, sort of, this weekend worth of media talking about the one-year anniversary of the inauguration,' he said.

White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney said Monday morning that 'the government should be open. We should not, however, be negotiating over a non-financial issue, the DACA issue, as part of keeping the government open'

'Those discussions on DACA were going on before the shutdown, they'll go on after the shutdown. But they should not be tied to the funding bill for the government.'

Schumer said Sunday night that he and McConnell were no closer to a 'path' towards re-opening the government.

President Donald Trump has not yet publicly reacted to the latest stumbles in congressional negotiations.

In an olive branch to the Democrats, McConnell earlier said he would call a vote on legislation rescuing DACA if enough Democrats vote to re-open the government.

'Should these issues not be resolved by the time the funding bill before us expires on February 8, 2018, assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed to legislation that would address DACA, border security, and related issues,' McConnell said from the Senate floor.

'It is also my intention to take up legislation regarding increased defense funding, disaster relief, and other important matters. Importantly, when I proceed to the immigration debate, it will have an amendment process that is fair to all sides.'

Democrats and Republicans are continuing to negotiate but are yet to 'reach a path forward', Schumer said.

The Republicans need at least nine Democrats to vote for their spending bill to reach the 60 votes needed to pass it.

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said he believed a deal would be struck on Monday morning – and that Schumer was right to not reach an agreement on Sunday.

'I think the minority leader wants to just give everybody a chance to chew on it and understand it, so that's why he didn't want to have the vote tonight,' CBS News quoted him as saying.

And on balance it's better to have a successful vote tomorrow at noon than a failed vote tonight.'

It comes after Senator Lindsey Graham predicted Sunday afternoon that there could be a 'breakthrough' in sight, as he joined a bipartisan group of senators to negotiate the end to the government shutdown.

'If there's going to be one, it will be tonight,' Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said.

Graham told reporters that he believed the Senate could pass a continuing resolution to fund the government for three weeks, with an 'understanding' from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that the upper chamber would then tackle immigration issues in the weeks ahead as part of a more long-term funding solution.

Negotiations had been at a standstill, with Democrats saying they wouldn't reopen the government until an immigration deal was etched out.

Republicans, including those at the White House, said they wouldn't negotiate on immigration until the government reopened.

President Trump started his Sunday by, again, assigning blame for the government shutdown to the Democratic Party and floating the idea of removing the legislative filibuster, which is called the 'nuclear option.' The appetite, even among Republicans, isn't there

In his tweet on Sunday, Trump said, 'The Dems just want illegal immigrants to pour into our nation unchecked.'

Trump's presidential campaign also put out a video that called Democrats 'complicit in all murders' committed by undocumented immigrants. Late Sunday afternoon, his campaign put out a fundraising email again calling the Democrats 'COMPLICIT.'

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders also put out a statement whacking Schumer late Sunday afternoon, suggesting he wasn't being honest about what happened at Friday's White House meeting.

'Sen. Schumer's memory is hazy because his account of Friday's meeting is false,' Huckabee Sanders said in a statement given to reporters. 'And the president's position is clear: we will not negotiate on the status of unlawful immigrants while Sen. Schumer and the Democrats hold the government for millions of Americans and our troops hostage.'

The White House has since changed its voicemail message noting that the government has shut down.

Anyone calling 202-456-1111 to leave a message with the White House hears a recorded message saying that 'unfortunately we cannot answer your call today because congressional Democrats are holding government funding – including funding for our troops and other national security priorities– hostage to an unrelated immigration debate.'

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: WHAT'S CLOSED? WHO IS AFFECTED? The federal government shutdown only partially curbs operations. But the longer the shutdown continues, the more likely its impact will be felt. U.S. troops will stay at their posts and mail will get delivered, but almost half of the 2 million civilian federal workers will be barred from doing their jobs if the shutdown extends into Monday. How key parts of the federal government would be affected by a shutdown: A general view of The United States Capitol is seen in Washington Friday as the shutdown begins INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE A shutdown plan posted on the Treasury Department's website shows that nearly 44 percent of the IRS' 80,565 employees will be exempt from being furloughed during a shutdown. That would mean nearly 45,500 IRS employees will be sent home just as the agency is preparing for the start of the tax filing season and ingesting the sweeping changes made by the new GOP tax law. The Republican architects of the tax law have promised that millions of working Americans will see heftier paychecks next month, with less money withheld by employers in anticipation of lower income taxes. The IRS recently issued new withholding tables for employers. But Marcus Owens, who for 10 years headed the IRS division dealing with charities and political organizations, said it's a 'virtual certainty' that the larger paychecks will be delayed if there's a lengthy government shutdown. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT Half of the more than 80,000 employees will be sent home. Key programs will continue to function because their funding has ongoing authorization and doesn't depend on annual approval by Congress. But critical disruptions could occur across the vast jurisdiction of HHS programs — including the seasonal flu program. Medicare, which insures nearly 59 million seniors and disabled people, will keep going. And so will Medicaid, which covers more than 74 million low-income and disabled people, including most nursing home residents. States will continue to receive payments for the Children's Health Insurance Program, which covers about 9 million kids. However, long-term funding for the program will run out soon unless Congress acts to renew it. Deep into a tough flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be unable to support the government's annual seasonal flu program. And CDC's ability to respond to disease outbreaks will be significantly reduced. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT Many of the nearly 115,000 Justice Department employees have national security and public safety responsibilities that allow them to keep working during a shutdown. Special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian meddling in the presidential election will also continue working. His office is paid for indefinitely. The more than 95,000 employees who are 'exempted' include most of the members of the national security division, U.S. attorneys, and most of the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Marshals Service and federal prison employees. Criminal cases will continue, but civil cases will be postponed as long as doing so doesn't compromise public safety. Most law enforcement training will be canceled, per the department's contingency plan. A United States Capitol Police Officer sets up police tape and gates on the plaza of the The United States Capitol Building Friday STATE DEPARTMENT Many State Department operations will continue in a shutdown. Passport and visa processing, which are largely self-funded by consumer fees, will not shut down. The agency's main headquarters in Washington, in consultation with the nearly 300 embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions around the world, will draw up lists of nonessential employees who will be furloughed. Department operations will continue through the weekend and staffers will be instructed to report for work as usual on Monday to find out whether they have been furloughed. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT The U.S. military will continue to fight wars and conduct missions around the world, including in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. And members of the military will report to work, though they won't get paid until Congress approves funding. But Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned Friday that a shutdown will have far-reaching effects. 'Our maintenance activities will probably pretty much shut down,' he said during remarks at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. 'We do a lot of intelligence operations around the world, and they cost money. Those, obviously, would stop. And I would just tell you that training for almost our entire reserve force will stop.' And, while ships will remain at sea and airstrikes against enemy fighters will continue, any National Guard forces heading out to do weekend training duty around the country will arrive at armories and be told to go home. US INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES The workforce at the 17 U.S. intelligence agencies will be pared down significantly, according to a person familiar with contingency procedures. The official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity, said employees who are considered essential and have to work will do so with no expectation of a regular paycheck. While they can be kept on the job, federal workers can't be paid for days worked during a shutdown. In the past, however, they have been paid retroactively even if they were ordered to stay home. HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT A department spokesman said nearly 90 percent of Homeland Security employees are considered essential and will continue to perform their duties during a government shutdown. That means most Customs and Border Protection and Transportation Security Administration workers will stay on the job, according to the department's shutdown plan, dated Friday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be staffed at about 78 percent, meaning more than 15,000 of the agency's employees will keep working. The Secret Service, also part of Homeland Security, will retain more than 5,700 employees during the shutdown. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT The Interior Department says national parks and other public lands will remain as accessible as possible. That position is a change from previous shutdowns, when most parks were closed and became high-profile symbols of dysfunction. Spokeswoman Heather Swift said the American public — especially veterans who come to the nation's capital — should find war memorials and open-air parks available to visitors. Swift said many national parks and wildlife refuges nationwide will also be open with limited access when possible. She said public roads that already are open are likely to remain open, though services that require staffing and maintenance such as campgrounds, full-service restrooms and concessions won't be operating. Backcountry lands and culturally sensitive sites are likely to be restricted or closed, she said. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT More than half — 34,600 — of the Department of Transportation's 55,100 employees will continue working during a shutdown. The bulk of those staying on the job work for the Federal Aviation Administration, which operates the nation's air traffic control system. Controllers and aviation, pipeline and railroad safety inspectors are among those who would continue to work. But certification of new aircraft will be limited, and processing of airport construction grants, training of new controllers, registration of planes, air traffic control modernization research and development, and issuance of new pilot licenses and medical certificates will stop. At the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, investigations on auto safety defects will be suspended, incoming information on possible defects from manufacturers and consumers won't be reviewed and compliance testing of vehicles and equipment will be delayed. The Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, whose operations are mostly paid for out of the Federal Highway Trust Fund, will continue most of their functions. The fund's revenue comes from federal gas and diesel taxes, which will continue to be collected. But work on issuing new regulations will stop throughout the department and its nine agencies. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Dr. Anthony Fauci, the agency's infectious disease chief, said a government shutdown will be disruptive to research and morale at the National Institutes of Health but will not adversely affect patients already in medical studies. 'We still take care of them,' he said of current NIH patients. But other types of research would be seriously harmed, Fauci said. A shutdown could mean interrupting research that's been going on for years, Fauci said. The NIH is the government's primary agency responsible for biomedical and public health research across 27 institutes and centers. Its research ranges from cancer studies to the testing and creation of vaccines. 'You can't push the pause button on an experiment,' he said. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has instructed workers there to come to work next week even with a shutdown. Pruitt said in an email to all EPA employees on Friday that the agency had 'sufficient resources to remain open for a limited amount of time.' He said further instructions would come if the shutdown lasts for more than a week. The instructions from Pruitt are different from how the agency has operated during prior shutdowns and the contingency plan posted on EPA's website. A spokesman for the agency said earlier on Friday that the December 2017 plan was no longer valid. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NPS closes most national parks during government shutdowns. The agency controls 417 different 'units' from American Samoa to Maine. Of these 417 'units', 59 are national parks. State parks and trails in certain national parks still remain open during government shutdowns. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that he would use state funds to keep the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island - together comprising the Statue of Liberty National Monument - open. The National Park Service announced that both New York sites would be closed Saturday 'due to a lapse in appropriations'. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said Grand Canyon National Park would continue full operations despite the shutdown. 'If Washington, D.C., won’t function, Arizona will,' Ducey said in a statement. Advertisement