Boehner on shutdown: 'This isn't some damn game'
- 11 years ago
In Washington, the anger is close to the surface.
Do your job! Do your job! Furloughed federal workers had this message for congress as the government shutdown moved into its fourth day.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKER NATASHA ROZIER SAYING:
"They should give up their paychecks. You know, they should reserve the right to get a paycheck, to know what it feels like to not have the money to provide for your family, to be able to put food on the table, to be able to put gas in your car."
Who's to blame for all this anger? It depends on who you ask.
Speaker of the House John Boehner.
SOUNDBITE: REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, JOHN BOEHNER, SAYING:
"I was at the White House the other night and listened to the President some twenty times explain to me why he wasn't going to negotiate...This isn't some damn game. The American people don't want their government shut down and neither do I."
President Obama fired back during a lunc
Do your job! Do your job! Furloughed federal workers had this message for congress as the government shutdown moved into its fourth day.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKER NATASHA ROZIER SAYING:
"They should give up their paychecks. You know, they should reserve the right to get a paycheck, to know what it feels like to not have the money to provide for your family, to be able to put food on the table, to be able to put gas in your car."
Who's to blame for all this anger? It depends on who you ask.
Speaker of the House John Boehner.
SOUNDBITE: REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, JOHN BOEHNER, SAYING:
"I was at the White House the other night and listened to the President some twenty times explain to me why he wasn't going to negotiate...This isn't some damn game. The American people don't want their government shut down and neither do I."
President Obama fired back during a lunc