Government shutdown: John Boehner: ‘There’s going to be a negotiation’

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Speaker John Boehner said President Barack Obama’s desire to negotiate after the debt ceiling is lifted and government is funded amounts to “unconditional surrender by Republicans.”

The message, delivered outside the speaker’s office on Tuesday afternoon as a response to Obama’s earlier press conference, does not bode well for solving the government shutdown or debt default this week.

Boehner called on Democrats — either in the Senate or White House — to begin negotiations Tuesday. Democrats said government must be funded and the debt ceiling must be hiked before talks start.

“The long and short of it is there’s going to be a negotiation,” Boehner said. “The only way this is going to happen is to in fact have a conversation….the conversation ought to start today.”


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-debt-limit-house-senate-97982.html?hp=t2_s

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I guess he's not "playing games" anymore.....