Source:The White House– President Barack H. Obama (Democrat, Illinois)

“In his weekly address, President Obama says the economy is making progress five years after the worst recession since the Great Depression, but to avoid another crisis, Congress must meet two deadlines in the coming weeks: pass a budget by the end of the month to keep the government open, and raise the debt ceiling so America can pay its bills. Congress should vote to do these now, so that we can keep creating new jobs and expanding opportunity for the middle class.”

From The White House

As I’ve already written about this:

“I wouldn’t say that the Tea Party House government shutdown is a political suicide mission, because this plan (if you want to call it that) doesn’t even seem to have a mission, or even a pilot. It’s more like drunk people at a pool with a group of them going up on the high dive, blindfolded, and one of them falls off and never makes it to the water. And that’s assuming that House Republicans are politically suicidal to go through with this. Or, are they just doing this for their right-wing-populist base and trying to tell them that they’re doing whatever they can to try to end the Affordable Care Act. (Also known as ObamaCare)”

From FRS FreeState

I like it. Running against Congress, mainly the Tea Party faction in the House Republican Conference. Because there are even Senate Republicans who disagree with the Tea Party strategy. (If you want to call it that)

The Tea Party today, is basically praying for a miracle that somehow Senate Democrats and President Obama would repeal their own healthcare reform bill. But, running against the Tea Party to try to get Congress to do their basic fundamental number one job. Which is to pass a federal budget and avoid a government shutdown.