And anyone hoping that a quick, evening solution would emerge today will need to roll over their hopes for one more day.
House Dems emerge from meeting with Pres Obama reaffiming determination to bring Govt shutdown to an end.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 9, 2013 [5]
House Ds pic.twitter.com/wL523B1zZW [6]
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 9, 2013 [7]
Pelosi and other House Dems say they have 200 members ready to vote to end the Govt shutdown but @SpeakerBoehner [8] won't bring it up for vote.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 9, 2013 [9]
Pelosi: “The debt ceiling needs to be lifted and they are not getting any concession for that”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 9, 2013 [10]
Pelosi: all we want is a short term CR
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 9, 2013 [11]
Finally, it appears that the resolution to the debt ceiling, now due to hit in one week, will be a 6 week can kicking to late November, early December so the whole thing can repeat again, while the government probably potentially shut throughout:
Pelosi is down on 2 month debt limit. Says they’d vote for it but they “hope” Rs choose a different path
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 9, 2013 [12]
Will Obama agree to "negotiate" a mere 1.5 month debt ceiling extension? Wait and see tomorrow.
