Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Obama: U.S. government shutdown threatening economy

U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File

U.S. President Barack Obama said on the first day of a partial federal government shutdown that House Republicans are on an "ideological crusade" against his health-care law, and called on them to stop holding the economy hostage.

Obama, in a speech Tuesday afternoon in the White House Rose Garden, urged Republicans to reopen the government quickly and allow furloughed federal employees to return to work.

He concluded his address by saying

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