Stop this farce, Obama tells Congress on third day of shutdown

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Stop this farce, Obama tells Congress on third day of shutdown

By Mark Felsenthal and Richard Cowan
Thu Oct 3, 2013 4:37pm EDT

(Reuters) - The U.S. government shutdown prompted growing concern of wider economic consequences when it stretched into a third day on Thursday, and President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to "stop this farce" by allowing a straight vote on a spending bill.

Both sides in the standoff, which was triggered by Republican efforts to halt Obama's healthcare reforms, appeared entrenched.

Republicans in the House of Representatives are planning at least 10 more small bills to reopen specific federal programs, according to a senior Republican aide. Democrats reject that piecemeal approach.

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Obama said there were enough Republicans willing to pass a spending bill immediately if House Speaker John Boehner would allow a vote on a spending bill without partisan conditions attached, a so-called clean vote. But Obama said the speaker was refusing to do so because "he doesn't want to anger the extremists in his party."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/03/us-usa-fiscal-idUSBRE98N11220131003

[AlinPA]

1. I disagree that "he is afraid to anger the extemists in his party"; IMO he is doing what he thinks

is the right thing to do. We should remember that Boehner is a right-wing extremist himself.