#shorts On 9/21/2023, during White House Press Brief, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “Can you expound on what the President is doing and what he will be doing to avoid a government shutdown? I understand you all have been saying that Congress needs to do its job. But surely the President must want to do something to avert this. And is there a possibility that he would at all alter his travel schedule next week?

KJP: Look — look, I don’t have anything to speak to on the President’s travel schedule. But this is — the President did his job. He did. He helped broker a bipartisan agreement back in May to move forward with a budget that, as I mentioned, two thirds of Republicans voted on. He did his part. So, a deal is a deal. This is not something we can fix. The best plan is to not — is to not have a shutdown. The best plan is for House Republicans to stop their partisan political play and not do this to hurt Americans across the country. That’s the plan. The plan is to — for them to actually do their job. The President found it so important — right? — to make sure that there was a bipartisan budget agreement that he did — he — he ma- — he helped brokered that. And, again, a deal is a deal.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/sOcxFkT2J48
Karine Jean-Pierre Says Biden Has No Plans To Do Anything To “Avoid A Government Shutdown”