The White House has all but resigned itself to the government shutting down but didn't pause its onslaught Friday blaming House Republicans for their opposition to bipartisan funding legislation.
Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young joined White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at Friday's briefing to continue those attacks while also detailing some of the preparations the Biden administration is taking ahead of this weekend's deadline.For weeks, the White House has hammered House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the Republican caucus for seeking to undercut the budget agreement brokered by McCarthy and President Joe Biden over the summer.
"I'm glad that the speaker has made that statement. By the way, members of Congress have to get paid constitutionally, so maybe he'll put it in a sock drawer, I don't know," she said of McCarthy's stated plan to forgo a paycheck in the event of a shutdown."But they have to get paid during a shutdown. That's theater. That is theater. I will tell you, the guy who picks up the trash in my office won't get a paycheck.
"It's a pox on all of our houses. That's why four out of the five corners are trying not to go there. We're doing everything we can to plead, beg, shame House Republicans to do the right thing. Don't have this happen," Young continued."The cavalierness is what gets me. I've heard people say in the Republican in House conference, 'Oh, shut down. It's not that bad. It's not like the debt ceiling.
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