Barack Obama actually said...

We're not going to negotiate under the threat of economic catastrophe that economists and CEOs increasingly warn would result if Congress ch...

If Republicans and Speaker Boehner are saying there are not enough votes, then they should prove it.

If funding does not go through, our chances of the American Dream [are] down the drain.

There's only one way out of this reckless and damaging shutdown: pass a budget that funds our Government with no partisan strings attached.