Obama Urges Congress to End Shutdown

US President Barack Obama has urged the lower chamber of Congress to "stop this farce" and end the US government shutdown by unconditionally approving a federal budget.

"Take that vote. Stop this farce. End this shutdown now," Obama said in his weekly radio and video address.

The US Senate has already approved a budget, and “there are enough Republican and Democratic votes in the House of Representatives willing to do the same, and end this shutdown immediately,” Obama said.

“But the far right of the Republican Party won’t let Speaker John Boehner give that bill a yes-or-no vote.”

Much of the US government has been shutdown - with hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed, national parks closed, programs for anything from child care to space exploration shuttered - for five days now.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!