keeping them honest, get this, no matter what happens, even if the government shuts down and the parks shut down, even if the soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen don t get paid, guess who does? the folks on capitol hill. these guys who got us into this mess and can t get their act together will still be getting paid. just this morning, that fact was news to house speaker john boehner. if there is a government shutdown, not only will congress not be paid, but federal employees will not be paid. in fact, only the second part is true. yet when the interviewer pointed out, mr. boehner first disputed the fact. a moment later, he said whatever the case may be, lawmakers shouldn t be paid. they shouldn t be getting paid, just like federal employees shouldn t be getting paid. they wouldn t be if the house passed a version of this senate bill. kind of spells it out. but the house didn t because of a real catch 22. the house legislation to stop paying lawmakers in case of government shutdo
happened inside that meeting tonight. it lasted a little less than an hour, which is kind of interesting because the other meetings they ve had here at the white house have gone longer than that. so this wasn t one of those meetings where we re going to lock the doors and order in chinese takeout and we re going to spend all night doing this. this was they met for an hour and they left? reporter: right, exactly. and now the real work begins because as the president pointed out, both the white house and hill team also be working into the night to hammer out an agreement. as the president said, he s not ready to call this any kind of wild optimism coming out of this meeting, but he does believe they ve made additional progress, they ve been able to narrow some of the differences. but the key will be what these teams are able to negotiate over the evening. as the president himself pointed out, the mechanism to shut down the government is already in place and moving forward. so he want
the parks shut down, even if the military doesn t get paid, guess who does? the folks on capitol hill. these guys who got us into this mess and can t get their act together will still be getting paid. just this morning, that pact was news to house speaker john boehn boehner. in fact, only the second part is true. yet when the interviewer pointed out, mr. boehner first disputed the fact. a moment later, he said whatever the case may be, lawmakers shouldn t be paid. they shouldn t be getting paid, just like federal employees. they wouldn t be if the house passed a version of this senate bill. kind of spells it out. but the house didn t because of a real catch 22. the house legislation to stop paying lawmakers in case of government shutdown is bundled into the bill that if it doesn t
for planned parenthood and several other organizations that conservatives object to. before the talks tonight, another day of bickering on the house floor today. we are trying to do the business of the american people. we never shut down the government when we had the majority and president bush was in power. well, a lot of rhetoric today, no results. keeping them honest, get this, no matter what happens, even if the government shuts down and the parks shut down, even if the soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen don t get paid, guess who does? the folks on capitol hill. these guys who got us into this mess and can t get their act together will still be getting paid. just this morning, that fact was news to house speaker john boehner. if there is a government shutdown, not only will congress not be paid, but federal employees will not be paid. in fact, only the second part is true. yet when the interviewer pointed out, mr. boehner first disputed the fact. a moment later, he said w
they shouldn t be getting paid, just like federal employees shouldn t be getting paid. they wouldn t be if the house passed a version of this senate bill. kind of spells it out. but the house didn t because of a real catch 22. the house legislation to stop paying lawmakers in case of government shutdown is bundled into the bill that if it doesn t pass would lead to a government shutdown. catch 22. so they ll get paid, but 800,000 federal workers won t. the troops won t. many people won t get their tax refund checks. small business loans won t go out. national parks will close and a whole lot more. today, president obama talked about sergeant christopher hartune who would be losing a paycheck. it turns out his wife is a federal worker, so they would go from two paychecks to none. a lot of lawmakers making $174,000 a year are down playing the impact of a shutdown. if we need the government shut down for a few days for us