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Obama Says He’s Exasperated With House Republican Faction
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| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Edited | Imperator Oct 02, 2013 05:33pm |
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| Author | Roxana Tiron, Kathleen Hunter & Michael C. Bender |
| News Date | Wednesday, October 2, 2013 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Barack Obama, declaring himself “exasperated,” said he won’t negotiate with Republicans on the U.S. budget until they reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling without conditions.
Obama spoke today on CNBC in advance of an Oval Office meeting with the top four congressional leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner. Obama said Boehner should allow a vote on a bill to reopen the government, which the president said would pass on a bipartisan vote.
“John Boehner right now has not been willing to say no to a faction of the Republican Party that are willing to burn the house down because of an obsession with my health-care initiative,” Obama said.
Today’s meeting is the first high-level discussion since the government began a partial shutdown yesterday at midnight. Republicans have been trying to get Obama to the negotiating table and to back off his insistence on a short-term spending bill and debt-limit increase without policy conditions.
At today’s meeting, Obama will be joined by Boehner, an Ohio Republican; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican; House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat; Vice President Joseph Biden and Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew. |
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