CNN "The Situation Room" - Transcript: Government Shutdown

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BLITZER: Here's a question, Senator.

Why doesn't the president of the United States do that, call the speaker, call the Senate minority leader, call the Democratic leaders, bring them over to the White House, go to Camp David, and make sure that the U.S. government is not shut down?

SEN. DICK DURBIN (D), ILLINOIS: I think that will probably happen.

BLITZER: And you say the president is going to make that call and invite them to all get together.

When do you think that's going to happen?

DURBIN: I think it will be soon. I mean I don't have any special insight into it, but I would imagine that it will be soon. And the president has made it clear, he is not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling. He wants this government open. They're not doing him a favor by opening the government. And they've got to get over the fact that he won the last election by five million votes.

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