No Shutdown Deal After Obama Meets With Congressional Leaders

President Obama met with Congressional leaders on Tuesday -- the second day of the federal government shutdown -- to discuss possible resolutions to the Congressional deadlock, though no immediate solution has emerged.

After a roughly two-hour meeting with President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner stepped out of the White House alongside Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi no closer to a compromise on federal funding. While Republicans want to continue tying government funding to amendments that would cripple Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the president and fellow Democrats refuse to cut funding for the program.

Speaking to reporters in front of the White House, Boehner stated that Obama was unwilling to “negotiate,” though he did not clarify on what.

In contrast, Reid claimed that they offered Boehner the option of negotiating on many subjects, though he added, “We are locked in tight on Obamacare."

Speaking after Reid, Pelosi stated that no matter what, the country must raise the debt ceiling to avoid "cataclysmic" consequences.

“For the good of the order and the good of the American people, we should take the debt ceiling discussion off the table. The United States will always honor its full credit. Closing the government is bad, but the combination of that and not raising the debt ceiling is cataclysmic. Let’s take that off the table,” Pelosi said.