Obama Tells Congressional Leaders to ‘Act Like Grown Ups’ on Budget | The Blaze

Obama Tells Congressional Leaders to ‘Act Like Grown Ups’ on Budget | The Blaze: "President Barack Obama stepped out personally to address the impasse on budget negotiations and reject a Republican proposal for another temporary resolution unless it is to give Congress a few more days to pass a permanent deal.

“We are now at a point where there is no excuse to extend this further,” Mr. Obama said during a surprise appearance at the daily White House briefing. “I shouldn’t have to oversee a process where Congress deals with last-year’s budget when we only have six months left.”

The president, who has mostly stayed out of the budget debate until now, was visibly irritated over the impasse in negotiations. “There can be some negotiations about composition” of the cuts, Mr. Obama said, but he said he will not negotiate on ideological issues like abortion in the current budget discussions.

“We don’t have time for games,” he said. “Not on this.”"


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