House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) blames President Barack Obama for the continued government shutdown as well as the looming default because he simply won’t negotiate,” reports The Hill.com.
In fact, Boehner, who, along with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Ky) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), has made it his business to link defunding Obamacare, President Obama’s signature healthcare law, with funding the government and raising the debt ceiling, says that all President Obama has to do is “pick up the phone.”
“The president’s refusal to talk is resulting in a possible default on our debt,” Boehner said on ABC’s “This Week.”
“All he has to do is pick up the phone. I’m ready to talk, I’ve been ready to talk.”
