With the government headed for a shutdown in three days, President Obama told Americans Saturday that an “extreme faction” of the House
GOP is risking an economic calamity to torpedo his health-care law.
GOP is risking an economic calamity to torpedo his health-care law.
“In the next couple days, these Republicans will have to decide whether to join the Senate and keep the government open, or create a crisis that will hurt people for the sole purpose of advancing their ideological agenda,” Mr. Obama said in his weekly address.
But a top House Republican said the president is ignoring a “golden opportunity” to address Washington’s spending and debt problems.
“He wants to take the easy way out — exactly the kind of foolishness that got us here in the first place,” said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Republican, in the GOP’s weekly address.
way out — exactly the kind of foolishness that got us here in the first place,” said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Republican, in the GOP’s weekly address.
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