[WH Blog] President Obama on Budget Negotiations: "We Have Now Matched the Number the Speaker Originally Sought"

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President Obama on Budget Negotiations: "We Have Now Matched the Number the Speaker Originally Sought"



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Speaking in the White House Briefing Room today after a meeting with Congressional Leaders of both parties, the President laid out his guiding principles for the negotiations on last year's budget and looking ahead:

From the outset, my goal has been to significantly cut our domestic spending but, at the same time, make sure we’re making key investments in things like education, infrastructure, innovation -- the things that are going to help us win the future.

He was blunt in saying that the American people expect Congress to get a deal done to avoid a government shut-down and that the consequences for our economy would be unacceptable.   He was also clear that he and Democrats in Congress “have more than met the Republicans halfway at this point” by agreeing to same dollar figure in cuts that Republican Leadership originally proposed:

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The teabaggers want it all and they'll shut down the government in a flash. Boner is scared of them, he's got Cantor breathing down his neck. Cantor is teabagger. I am furious at the idiots.