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"President Barack Obama on Wednesday accused congressional Republicans of “playing chicken” with the economy over Planned Parenthood.
Speaking before about 100 members of the Business Roundtable just blocks from the Capitol, Obama said Republicans would be jeopardizing not just the United States but also global markets if their insistence on eliminating funding to Planned Parenthood leads to a government shutdown.
“Democrats are ready to sit down and negotiate with Republicans, right now, today, as we speak. But it should be over legitimate questions of spending and revenue, not over unrelated ideological issues,” Obama said.
He compared the current funding impasse to the 15-day shutdown in 2013 born of a tea party-backed bid to repeal Obamacare.
“That’s not good sense and it’s not good business,” Obama said, decrying “the notion that we play chicken with an $18 trillion economy and global markets that are already skittish, all because of an issue around a women’s health provider that receives 20 cents out of every thousand dollars in the federal budget.”
Obama said avoiding a shutdown would be a “good start,” and he called on Congress to go further by reversing sequestration.
“Keep in mind that we can afford it right now,” he said, repeatedly noting that the deficit has shrunk by two-thirds since he took office." ".....
"President Barack Obama on Wednesday accused congressional Republicans of “playing chicken” with the economy over Planned Parenthood.
Speaking before about 100 members of the Business Roundtable just blocks from the Capitol, Obama said Republicans would be jeopardizing not just the United States but also global markets if their insistence on eliminating funding to Planned Parenthood leads to a government shutdown.
“Democrats are ready to sit down and negotiate with Republicans, right now, today, as we speak. But it should be over legitimate questions of spending and revenue, not over unrelated ideological issues,” Obama said.
He compared the current funding impasse to the 15-day shutdown in 2013 born of a tea party-backed bid to repeal Obamacare.
“That’s not good sense and it’s not good business,” Obama said, decrying “the notion that we play chicken with an $18 trillion economy and global markets that are already skittish, all because of an issue around a women’s health provider that receives 20 cents out of every thousand dollars in the federal budget.”
Obama said avoiding a shutdown would be a “good start,” and he called on Congress to go further by reversing sequestration.
“Keep in mind that we can afford it right now,” he said, repeatedly noting that the deficit has shrunk by two-thirds since he took office." ".....