EXCERPT:
PELOSI: “The fact that the Republicans are being so irresponsible is no surprise, but nonetheless, disappointing as always. So in any event, that’s what we spent most of our time on, the debt ceiling. In terms of giving people an update as to where we are, the president is negotiating, as is well known I keep reading it in the daily metropolitan journal about that, and that it is what is happening and we’re hoping we can come to a place. It’s not about a dollar amount. The dollar amount, as the president has said, is zero.”