Freshman Rep. on Government Shutdown: ‘We Wait and See...’

[Joanne98]

(WASHINGTON) –- With the clock ticking to March 4 – the day the government is set to run out of funding with further action by Congress – “what-if” scenarios are beginning to circulate on Capitol Hill, with the possibility of a government shutdown looming over budget discussions that start in earnest this week.

Though GOP leaders say they have no interest in seeing the federal government shut down, they have not ruled out that prospect. And they’re likely to face pressure from Tea Party activists and lawmakers to take their fight over spending to that kind of extreme, if their demands for cuts aren’t met.

Freshman Rep. Paul Gosar told ABC News on Monday that he hopes Senate Democratic leaders follow the lead of House Republicans, who are insisting on $100 billion in spending cuts from this year’s budget.

Asked if he could support a government shut down if the cuts don’t materialize, Gosar, R-Ariz., said he would have to wait and see.

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[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. The Repuke Leadership is BULLSHIT!! They want a fucking shutdown.

They will blame the Teabaggers for it, but they secretly want it.

[creon]

2. yes

They do want a shutdown

[high density]

3. Riding home today, I was listening to BBC World Service

They had some Repuke on, crying as if "entitlement spending" was the source of all of our deficit and debt woes. The two wars of choice we've been fighting weren't mentioned. The tax cuts for the rich weren't mentioned either.

The political chatter in DC and the corporate media has done an unsurprising U-turn. The talk has gone from how much we need tax cuts for multi-millionaires in December to talk about the deficit and how many "entitlement programs" we need to cut.