Senate Republicans are pushing intensely to nab the five additional Democratic votes they need to unlock their bill to end the government shutdown.

Republicans have shown little willingness to negotiate on the top Democratic priority — an extension of enhanced health care subsidies — as part of any funding deal, and instead are attempting to work directly to pick off the requisite support.

The GOP needs eight Democratic votes to advance the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) and three members of the Democratic caucus sided with them on Tuesday’s vote.

But Democrats have shown few signs of budging since the Tuesday tally. In two votes since, no other senators jumped aboard, with discussions toward a deal on those tax credits seemingly hitting a wall.

“At some point, they’ve got to take ‘yes’ for an answer,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters on Friday.

Here's a look at five Democrats that Republicans are hoping to win over.

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.)

For Republicans looking for votes to pick off within the Democratic caucus, Peters checks many of their boxes.

The Michigan Democrat is retiring at the end of his term, sparing him from any political backlash for potential breaking ranks. He was also among the nine Senate Democrats who voted alongside Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in March to keep the government open — a move the leader is still picking up the pieces from.

Peters is also part of the group trying to find a solution to the issue of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits that expire at the end of the year, having said that he wants assurances on concessions on that front.

He was part of a group of roughly a dozen members who huddled on the Senate floor Wednesday to discuss possible avenues to end the shutdown.

But there are numerous things standing in the way of that........

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