____________________The president said no president can govern effectively if he permits extremists from either party to extort concessions. He appealed to House Speaker John Boehner to bring a clean spending bill to the floor for a vote, saying a majority is there. The US government shut down at midnight Monday after Democrats refused to pass Republican spending bills that would defund or postpone the president's signature health care program. _______________________奥巴马表示,没有哪一位总统能在民主或共和党中的激进派强迫其妥协时还能有效的管理国家(如果在位总统允许民主或共和党的激进派迫使其妥协,那么他绝不可能有效的管理国家).共和党之前提出的财政预算案将抽出总统标志性医疗法案中的资金或使其推迟施行,因而遭民主党拒绝,而美国政府也在之后于周一午夜被部分关闭.
