Mitch McConnell Has Given Up on President Obama
Mr. McConnell said he concluded after the latest negotiations that the administration had “expressed a fundamental unwillingness” to agree to significant spending cuts.
“But after years of discussions and months of negotiations, I have little question that as long as this president is in the Oval Office, a real solution is unattainable,” Mr. McConnell said in a Senate floor speech. [WSJ]
Cleveland IRS Office Is Getting a Jumpstart on the Shutdown
Feels a little bit like a false start but apparently an IRS office in Cleveland has already said “fuck it” and sent employees home this morning.
WKYC reports, “They told us there was a government shutdown and there was nothing they could do and we should take our taxes to someplace where you pay,” said taxpayer Samantha Beynum. [WKYC]