Political Quotes

“on another matter, unless Congress acts, there will be a government shutdown on October 1. That is a short time away--less than 2 months. Every day that passes we are another day closer to the crisis of an unfunded Federal government. For months we have been warning Republican leaders that there is a need to find a solution to these budget problems. We have offered to meet with them. We have urged them to negotiate. The answer is always no answer. The Republican leader knows he must negotiate. Here is what he said yesterday: ``Different parties control the Congress from control the White House, and at some point, we'll negotiate the way forward.'' I am sure that didn't come out exactly the way he wanted, but I think I get the picture. He believes we have two Houses of Congress that are different from the White House. I am quite certain that is what he meant to say. Regardless, the question remains: Why does the Republican leader continue to decline our invitation to sit down and craft a bipartisan solution and do it now? Why does he continue to tell us no? This should not come as a surprise, however, because Republicans are in the habit of governing by manufactured crisis. We have seen that over the past 7 months. Their obvious distaste--some say hatred--of government generally is so deep that many take pleasure in closing it. We hear that from the statements that have been made over the last few days.…”