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[h=4]Boehner on budget impasse: 'This isn't some damn game'[/h]An angry House Speaker John Boehner on Friday called on President Obama and Democrats to "sit down" and negotiate in earnest to find a solution.
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Catalina Camia, USA TODAY 11:30 a.m. EDT October 4, 2013
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks after a meeting with President Obama at the White House.(Photo: Win McNamee, Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — An angry House Speaker John Boehner on Friday called on President Obama and Democrats to "sit down" and negotiate, as the government shutdown continued for its fourth day with no end in sight.
"This isn't some damn game," Boehner said, his voice rising. "The American people don't want their government shut down and neither do I."
President Obama and congressional Democrats say they will negotiate on a broad, long-term budget deal after Republicans agree to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. The budget impasse is now entwined with the need to raise the nation's borrowing authority by Oct. 17 or risk default on debt.
The House was preparing to vote Friday on bills that would provide short-term funding for disaster relief and a program that provides food aid to women and children. Democrats have consistently rejected a piecemeal approach, preferring instead to find agreement on a bill that would re-open the entire federal government.
The Office of Management and Budget said Obama would veto the short-term measures. "Consideration of appropriations bills in this fashion is not a serious or responsible way to run the United States government," the OMB policy statement said. "Instead of opening up a few government functions, the House of Representatives should reopen all of the government."
Another House measure to ensure that thousands of federal employees who have been furloughed this week receive their pay retroactively could be voted on Saturday.
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Catalina Camia, USA TODAY 11:30 a.m. EDT October 4, 2013
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks after a meeting with President Obama at the White House.(Photo: Win McNamee, Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — An angry House Speaker John Boehner on Friday called on President Obama and Democrats to "sit down" and negotiate, as the government shutdown continued for its fourth day with no end in sight.
"This isn't some damn game," Boehner said, his voice rising. "The American people don't want their government shut down and neither do I."
President Obama and congressional Democrats say they will negotiate on a broad, long-term budget deal after Republicans agree to end the shutdown and raise the debt ceiling. The budget impasse is now entwined with the need to raise the nation's borrowing authority by Oct. 17 or risk default on debt.
The House was preparing to vote Friday on bills that would provide short-term funding for disaster relief and a program that provides food aid to women and children. Democrats have consistently rejected a piecemeal approach, preferring instead to find agreement on a bill that would re-open the entire federal government.
The Office of Management and Budget said Obama would veto the short-term measures. "Consideration of appropriations bills in this fashion is not a serious or responsible way to run the United States government," the OMB policy statement said. "Instead of opening up a few government functions, the House of Representatives should reopen all of the government."
Another House measure to ensure that thousands of federal employees who have been furloughed this week receive their pay retroactively could be voted on Saturday.
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