Obama calls meeting (tonight) with congressional leaders in effort to avoid shutdown

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: cbs

President Obama has invited House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to meet with him at the White House at 8:45 p.m. this evening in an attempt to avert the government shutdown that will begin if a budget deal is not worked out by Friday.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the president called the meeting because he "decided that not enough progress has been made."

Vice President Biden will also be present at the meeting.

A White House official told CBS News the invitation was precipitated by two events. The first was Boehner indicating that he will call for a vote on a measure to fund the government for another week. Lawmakers have passed a pair of short-resolutions to keep the government running while they've debated a budget bill to last for the rest of the fiscal year, but President Obama said he will not accept another such bill.



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[tanyev]

1. Somebody make sure there are several boxes of Kleenex available for Boehner.

[cutlassmama]

2. +1

[aquart]

3. Please stop licking Republican ass, Mr. President. Please.

[pinto]

4. Obama made a good point today. You can't run an organization, plan, set policies, etc.

1 or 2 weeks at a time.

[Coyote_Bandit]

8. A one year plan

is pretty short-sighted as well.

I'd wager there are a good number of folks here at DU that have long-term financial, career and personal goals - 5 year, 10 year, 30 year, lifetime goals - and a plan to reach them.

Too bad out dear leaders lack the discipline to make and adhere to such a plan.

[Doctor_J]

14. Yeah, he's great at platitudes

I am very pessimistic about who's going to "give" the most in this impasse.

[pinto]

16. I thought the comment, in and of itself, was on point. No organization could function efficiently

on a week by week, month by month basis. :hi:

[monmouth]

5. Prez. might be smart on this one. Cutting into Boner's drinking time

may make this move a little faster..

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. here we go ......more concessions going out to the effing thugs....dare I hope for the President to

stand firm and hold the line for us?

[mvd]

10. Our offer is more than generous as is

I really want to avoid a shutdown, but not at the cost of hurting domestic spending too much, or allowing these extremist riders they want in.

[TNLib]

7. Does anyone know what the likely hood of a shut down would be?

nt

[forty6]

9. It's anyone' guess at this point, but a local Dem representative today predicted...

that there will be yet another week long budget, and that the shut-down threat will be put-off yet again, until about Palm Sunday, if no final resolution can be reached before then.

[xchrom]

11. Meh. Nt

[notadmblnd]

12. I hear the Orange One starts drinking at 5 pm

bet he'll be 3/4 crocked at 8:45m. That ought to be a good meeting.

[Doctor_J]

15. And boinks a lobbyist at 10:00 sharp

this meeting is a terrible inconvenience for The Orange Sobber

[MiniMe]

13. But will Boner go? It will interfere with happy hour

[Hotler]

17. 8:45pm? A little late for a meeting.

I'm starting to slow down around that time.