wants to do, he wants to cut even more. how are democrats going to be able to stop him from doing that. i believe transparency and a clear view of what the budget choices are will get us the best result. we are in a situation that cannot be we cannot repueat what we just went through, a government shutdown. or the fear of default above full faith and credit. it s really important to note that before the shutdown, house democrats said to the speaker, we ll give you 100% of our votes to avoid a shutdown. we don t like the bill. the bill was the republican house bill. that s what they offered senator reid. he accepted it. that s what they offered president obama. he accepted it. we accepted it. the only people that didn t accept the house republican budget number were the house republican members. so we could have avoided that. every day we would go out to the steps, to the floor, in letters and all the rest, 200 members signing, open up first, don t
yes, our military will be leaner. as a nation we face difficult budget choices going forward. now, right now the house is still in session. all of this is still going on, even though it s just after 1 a.m. in washington. so for the very latest, joe johns joins us from washington. joe, government shuts down. what happens now? reporter: well, in the short term now, the house of representatives is just wrapping up that vote on the house floor that was a vote on a measure to seek to go to conference or to negotiate with the senate with these matters. after that the house speaker john boehner is expected to give a news conference some time shortly afterwards. and then it will probably calm down here for the next few hours. the government has shut down. the senate will probably come back into session tomorrow, we re told, and they will say, no, we don t want to go to conference. the government most importantly
the world. that s why i will keep working to get congress to reopen our government and get you back to work as soon as possible. finally, i know the shut down occurs against the background of broader changes. the war in iraq is over. the war in afghanistan will end next year. after more than a decade of unprecedented operations, we re moving off a war footing. yes, our military will be leaner. as a nation we face difficult budget choices going forward, but here s what i want you to know. i m going to keep fighting to get rid of those across-the-board budget cuts the sequester which are hurting our mflt and our economy. we need a responsibility approach that deals with our fiscal challenges and keeps our military and our economy strong. i m going to make sure you stay the greatest military in the world bar none. that s what i m fighting for. that s what you and your families deserve. on behalf of the american people, thank you for your service, which keeps us free.
uncertainty including furloughs. i know this comes on top of the furloughs that many of you already endured this summer. you and your families deserve better than the dysfunction we re seeing in congress. your talents and dedication help keep our military the best in the world. that s why i ll keep working to get congress to reopen our government and get you back to work as soon as possible. finally, i know this shutdown occurs against the background of broader changes, the war in iraq is over. the war in afghanistan will end next year. after more than i an decade of unprecedented operations, we re moving off a war footing. yes, our military will be leaner. and as a nation, we face difficult budget choices going forward. but here s what i want you to know. i m going to keep fighting to get rid of those across the board budget cuts, the sequester, which are hurting our military and our economy. we need a responsible approach that deals with our fiscal challenges and keeps our
changes, and the war in iraq is over and the war in afghanistan will end next year, and we are moving off of war footing, and yes, our military will be leaner, and as a nation we face difficult budget choices going forward, but here is what i want you to know. i will keep fighting to get rid of those across the board budget cuts, the sequester, which are hurting our military and economy. we need a responsible approach that deals with the fiscal challenges and keeps our military and economy strong. i will make sure you stay the greatest military in the world bar none. that s what i am fighting for. that s what you and your families deserve. on behalf of the american people, thank you for your service which keeps us free, and thank you for your sacrifice, which keeps our nation and military the greatest force for freedom the world has ever known. god bless you and your families, and god bless the united states of america.