Obama Says Republicans Want To Extort Him By Using Government Shutdown Threat
Made the comment at Business Roundtable meeting
Made the comment at Business Roundtable meeting
Don't want to be blamed for government shutdown if GOP pushes to defund the legislation
You mean like the Affordable Care Act?
Because they don't support big government
Most are against strikes, but to differing degrees
Booted out of planning meetings
Retained by the ACLU
Maybe congressional Republicans should quit trying to repeal Obamacare and let the president do it for them.
Stephanie Petelos criticized some party members' reactions to the Supreme Court's ruling on DOMA
"He speaks to a kind of virus that's infected our politics that really has to be curbed."
Hope to capitalize on Republican obstructionism
But some in the GOP are worried about primary challenges
Shutdown could prompt higher turnout from liberals
If any other program had a 98 percent failure rate, conservatives would hold it up as a shining example of everything that's wrong with big government.
Demographics in California worrying some in the GOP
The stupid party never disappoints
Without a funding bill the government will shutdown on Oct. 1
Some are not happy about networks plans to air programs on Hillary Clinton
More welfare and bigger government
Looking to reach out to working-class voters, something they think Romney didn't do
Don't wanr a crowded primary
Concerns she may have been using personal address for work-related correspondence
Thinks concern about civil liberties could delay waging war on terror
Only 30 percent of U.S.-born Hispanics identify with the GOP or are Republican-leaning
Would cut 1 percent of government spending over two years
"Planning kit" sent to 234 House Republicans
Say fight over Obamacare could harm the economy
Airing them is seen as showing bias
Also says GOP caused more damage to country than Al-Qaeda
The attorney general was not as forthcoming as they would have liked during testimony on the DOJ's probes of journalists
Told to meet with constituents
Disagreements on his effort to shut down government if Affordable Care Act isn't repealed
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