(19 Dec 2011) HEADLINE: Boehner: 'There's no need to shutdown gov't'
CAPTION: Senate and House leaders are expressing optimism that a bipartisan deal may be near that can avert a government shutdown. House Speaker John Boehner told reporters Thursday there is no need to close the government. (Dec. 15)
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(Rep. John Boehner, Speaker of the House)
("You know this week the House passed a bipartisan bill to extend the payroll tax relief and to help create new jobs in our country. Did this bill have everything that the republicans want in it? Certainly not. Democrats didn't get everything they wanted either. But, that's how divided government works. At the same time, just about everything in the House-passed bill has bipartisan support.//So there's no need to shutdown the government and I see that Sen. Reid has already signaled that they may not do that after all. Look, I've been here for awhile. This is not the first time I've seen yearend work get knotted up. But, I think everyone just needs to step back and take a deep breath.//Once the House passes an appropriation bill to keep our government funded, there's no reason for House members to sit around here. If the Senate acts, I'm committed to bringing the House back and we can do it within 24 hours, to deal with whatever the Senate does. And there is absolutely no interst in our part in trying to be strident about this. We believe it's important to keep the government open and we believe it's important to finish the work on the payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance and (unintelligible)")
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