Maybe Chris Christie’s criticism stung a little more than imagined. After sitting on the sidelines for weeks, Barack Obama has finally called a meeting to resolve the budget standoff:

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A White House official says President Barack Obama has invited congressional leaders to the White House Wednesday for a meeting on the government shutdown.

The official says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker John Boehner, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have been invited to the meeting. The official says Obama will urge the House to pass a spending bill to allow the government to reopen.

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The meeting will take place at 5:30 this afternoon, according to a number of news reports:

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Read more:http://hotair.com/archives/2013/10/02/br...hutdown-summit/

I figured Zero would invite these guys over while he is out of town so they can do the work around there that the furloughed WH staff was doing.