The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling. — Charles Schumer Copy Share Image
I mean, the idea of a government shutdown, it's a consequence of our system. — Dan Crenshaw Copy Share Image
President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of… — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital service running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Federal government shutdowns are unsettling, because you realize how little you depend on it compared to the money you give in taxes. — Roosh V Copy Share Image
Lemmings with suicide vests. It's kind of an insult to lemmings to call them lemmings, so they'd have to be more than… — Devin Nunes Copy Share Image
The Republican Congress is like a groundhog afraid of its shadow when a government shutdown is talked about. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A government shutdown, it isn't the end of the world. It's a bad thing. The government stops working for a few days.… — Ezra Klein Copy Share Image
Government shutdown day 10: Electricity still works. Water is still running. No cool gangs to join yet. Worst apocalypse ever — Antonio Copy Share Image
The Drive-Bys want to believe that somebody like me on the radio could express difficulty, problems with the wall not going up… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Donald Trump was sent to Washington to drain the swamp. If the Democrat Party, as losers, can continue to thwart the winners… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Breitbart’s pirate crew became tribunes of the rising Tea Party movement and champions of Sarah Palin, with whom Bannon was close, bedeviling… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't want to be president. Like, "Today your job is Libya, Japan, unemployment, the government shutdown - oh, and by the… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It looks like President Donald Trump is caving on his demand for a measly $1 billion in the budget for his wall… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I think the government, if you measure it in terms of the dollars out the door, about 83 percent of the government… — Mick Mulvaney Copy Share Image
The headline in the Washington Post: "Democrats Confident They Can Block Trump's Agenda After Spending Bill Win." They think now they can… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I liked working with Republicans. We had five pretty good years after we had that bad year in '95 that culminated in… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
We know that a government shutdown is gonna blamed on the Republicans no matter who, what, when, where, why. You want to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Do you people not care about this bogus government shutdown garbage? Back in 2013 Rob Portman, the senator from Ohio, Republican, suggested… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As has been reported, and is unmistakably evident to all but the most naïve, federal employees have been ordered to exploit this… — Paul Kengor Copy Share Image
The threat of a government shutdown has caused the Republicans and Donald Trump, as of now, to delay the funding for the… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Calling you a racist and sexist, a bigot and a homophobe, gives them a sense of satisfaction with their status in the… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
What did Republicans get for 16 days of a government shutdown with people being hurt? We have absolutely nothing to show for… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
How many are worried about a government shutdown? How many are more worried about it starting back up? — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
You know with a bully you cannot let them slap you around, because they slap you around today, they slap you five… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will. — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
We've got the government shutdown, but the beginning of Obamacare. You know what that means? You can now complain to your doctor… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
What we see happening with this Republican strategy is a willingness to threaten the very foundation of the world's greatest economic power.… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
The government shutdown, we all know that's a sham. I mean, are they really going to just go to the entire Army… — Mike Leach Copy Share Image
It's very hard from a distance to figure out who has lost their minds. One party, the other party, all of us,… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked… — Monica Lewinsky Copy Share Image
“Republicans: 'we fought the good fight' - yeah, it woulda been worth it if we could have prevented just one poor kid… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
