Posted on 10/02/2013 4:48:06 PM PDT by oxcart
President Obama's 70-minute White House meeting late Wednesday afternoon with congressional leaders, an effort to break the stalemate over the partial government shutdown, did nothing to help end the impasse.
"We had a nice conversation, light conversation," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said following the meeting, but noted the president repeated that he will not negotiate on dialing back Obamacare.
He added that he hopes that Mr. Obama and Democrats will have a serious discussion about resolving their differences with House Republicans.
"All we're asking for is a discussion and fairness for the American people under Obamacare," he said.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said after the meeting, "We had some candid discussion."
But, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., added, "We are where we are. We're through playing these games" on Obamacare, he added. Earlier Wednesday, Mr. Obama said that Wall Street should be worried about more serious consequences now that the government is closed for business and the debt limit deadline is just around the corner.
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“they have literally resorted to accusing me of not caring about kids with cancer.”
Says the King of the hyperbolic rant....
The point of the exercise is to eliminate the House of Representatives
I think that fact has finally taken hold in the House Leadership.
They must fight or die
After Dingy Harry refused to pass evena clean bill fully funding the NIH so that kids with cancer could receive treatment, I knew that the Rats were only going to demand that they get their way and give up nothing.
Play dates should at least be fun.
And it was CNN’s Dana Bash who asked the question! And Reid then scolded her for asking it............if the Media would EVER tell the truth about the Dems, the Dems would never get near another elective office!
They are scared to death of not getting their Debt Limit increase.
I was reading the article about the Obama administration hiring fake SEIU protesters to protest against the government shut down at the DC memorials.
As I read it, I was thinking, How low can he go, how low can Obama go and was wondering if someone could create a picture of Obama going under a limbo pole that we could use every time Obama pulls one of these stunts?
HE'S THE ONE WHO SAID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one is trying misconstrue his words! Oh man, this just keeps getting better and better!
Well, the dumbarse Reid said it point blank that he didn’t care about a kid with cancer. He had bigger things to worry about.
I think Boehner gets it. He said “Sooner or later you have to let the system the Founders gave us work.”
Really. A lot like that red line Obama didn’t draw...
Another day, another day with the public not noticing much difference with the government closed...
...and another day where the attention whores were all wrong about the GOP quickly caving.
KEEP IT SHUT DOWN!
How can we trust Boener after what he pulled on exempting Congress from Ocare - the emails???? In secret!
Surprise, surprise. Shut it down till 2014. The Clown picked a fight with Exceptional Americans. The lame duck is fois gras.
Just another tired, aging lesbian.
Yup, that's a good example of government waste. 93% of the EPA are UNNECESSARY!
Very good point.
Resident Obama’s 70-minute White House meeting late Wednesday afternoon with congressional leaders, an effort to break the stalemate over the partial government shutdown, did nothing to help end the impasse.
What!!! the halo?
I meant the point that bert made, not the idea of eliminating the House of Representatives!
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