Veteran Reporters Confirm: Republicans Own Shutdown

The following press release was published by the U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means on Oct. 9, 2013. It is reproduced in full below.

A growing number of Washington’s most experienced reporters are calling a spade a spade

Washington Post’s Dan Balz : "it is the Republicans who decided to risk pushing the country to the brink." (Wash Post, Oct. 8)

CNBC’s and New York Times’ John Harwood : “Current House R offer to Obama: we'll reopen govt, avoid default if you enter talks we ourselves have been unwilling to enter until now. In those talks you compromise by taking our position (Med/SocSec cuts w/no tax hikes), which Americans who just re-elected you oppose. Keep in mind that our position is somewhat theoretical. So we would like you to actually propose it first." (Twitter, Oct. 7)

ABC News’ Jonathan Karl : “Republicans own this shutdown." (“This Week," Oct. 6)

Source: U.S. Congress Committee on Ways and Means