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Obama hammers Congress: Do your job - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
He went on to complain about Congressional Republicans' calls for him to get more involved in the negotiations, saying that he "met with every single caucus for an hour to an hour and a half each" and "met with the leaders multiple times."
"They need to do their job," he said. "Now's the time to go ahead and make the tough choices. That's why they're called leaders."
Earlier in the press conference, Mr. Obama took aim at Republicans who said the government can still pay off its creditors if the debt limit is crossed, thus avoiding default, by choosing not to cover its other obligations.
"So are we really going to start paying interest to Chinese who hold treasuries and we're not going to pay folks their Social Security checks or we're not going to pay veterans for their disability checks?" he asked. "I mean, which bills -- which obligations are we going to say we don't have to pay?"
"These are bills that Congress ran up," he added. "The money's been spent. The obligations have been made."
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