Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/obama-on-shutdown-34-all-of-this-is-entirely-preventable-34 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story President Barack Obama is ramping up pressure on Republicans to avoid a government shutdown. He says a shutdown would hurt the economy and hundreds of thousands of government workers.He says it would "throw a wrench into the gears" of a recovering economy. He urges the House to pass a short-term spending bill free of any conditions that would weaken the nation’s 3-year-old health care law.