White House: Obama would veto 'piecemeal' funding bills
By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | Politico.com
10/1/13 5:33 PM EDT
President Obama would veto any piecemeal bill funding only parts of the federal government and not resolving the whole government shutdown, the White House said Tuesday.
The president and the Senate have been clear that they won’t accept this kind of game-playing, and if these bills were to come to the president’s desk he would veto them, White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said in a statement, responding to the plans under consideration by House Republicans.
"These piecemeal efforts are not serious, and they are no way to run a government," she said. "If House Republicans are legitimately concerned about the impacts of a shutdown -- which extend across government from our small businesses to women, children and seniors -- they should do their job and pass a clean CR to reopen the government."
House Republicans plan to vote Tuesday on small, non-controversial bills to fund certain federal functions, including the National Park Service, veterans affairs and, through the use of local revenues, the District of Columbia government.
(More here.)
10/1/13 5:33 PM EDT
President Obama would veto any piecemeal bill funding only parts of the federal government and not resolving the whole government shutdown, the White House said Tuesday.
The president and the Senate have been clear that they won’t accept this kind of game-playing, and if these bills were to come to the president’s desk he would veto them, White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said in a statement, responding to the plans under consideration by House Republicans.
"These piecemeal efforts are not serious, and they are no way to run a government," she said. "If House Republicans are legitimately concerned about the impacts of a shutdown -- which extend across government from our small businesses to women, children and seniors -- they should do their job and pass a clean CR to reopen the government."
House Republicans plan to vote Tuesday on small, non-controversial bills to fund certain federal functions, including the National Park Service, veterans affairs and, through the use of local revenues, the District of Columbia government.
(More here.)
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