Rep. Joe Walsh: Republicans ‘Will Do What We Have To Do, To Shut Down The Government If We Have To’
Earlier this week, an “exasperated” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) told Fox News that it’s Democrats — not Republicans — who are bringing up the specter of a government shutdown. An “exasperated” Cantor said that, “Every time we talk about a spending cut, (Sen.) Chuck Schumer, (Senate Majority Whip) Dick Durbin and (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid yell ‘shutdown. We ought to get that off the table.”
Apparently, the GOP Caucus didn’t get the message.
Already, eight Republicans have publicly called for a government shutdown if their various demands aren’t met. The list includes both GOP veterans — Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), and Steve King (R-IA) — as well as Tea Party-oriented freshmen — Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Reps. Alan Nunnelee (R-MS), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), and Steve Womack (R-AR). In addition, as ThinkProgress reported yesterday, House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) declared that a government shutdown “ought to be on the table.”