Senate Democrats cancel 4th of July summer break

"The Senate will begin on Tuesday, the day after the fourth," said Reid on the Senate floor Thursday. "We'll do this because we have a job to do," he said, explaining why he interrupts Senate 4th July summer break.

Reid's decision came just a day after Obama rebuked Congress in his Wednesday press conference. "At a certain point, they need to do their job," he said, adding that members of Congress would have to make "substantial progress" on a debt-ceiling part at the end of the week or they would "start having to stop things like this" in Washington. CBS News ' Bob Schieffer said comments proclaimed "about as hard as I have ever heard this Chair come down at the Congress."

CBS News Capitol Hill correspondent Bob essence to the House of representatives has had eight weeks of recess this year, including this week, and once more takes residence July 1700. The Senate's traditional 4th of July recess would have them between sessions for all next week. From the 6th of August, the Senate has a one-month recess.

Partisanship clouds still debate about whether or not the August 2 the default date is really as serious as the administration has made it to be. "If we don't pay our bills and go into default, you know, the circumstances that could be disastrous," stressed the White House senior adviser David Plouffe. Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Oh) used the word "artificial" his deadline description on Tuesday.

Congressional lawmakers have expressed dissatisfaction with executive decisions, and are weary that its purpose is to only send a message. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) felt that her stay would be necessary, as the debt negotiations contains only a fraction of congressmen, adding that her recess plans had included significant constituent meetings. "Tell me what it is that we should do – what are we to do? If there is actual work in progress, I am here to do the work. If they are here to send a message, they can send lots of messages without me. "

Republican legislators as well did not good that Obama's threats and agree that only Democrats can take responsibility for the lack of progress. Nancy Cordes of CBS News reported, "in fact they insist they are those who keep up affair limit debt is President by refusing to act knowledge tax increases will not pass in the Senate or the House."

"The President is very wrong if he thinks that a Bill to raise the ceiling debt and raising taxes would pass the House," said John Boehner in a statement after the press conference. "Votes is simply not there – and they are not going to be there, for the American people know tax hikes destroy jobs. They also know Washington has been on a spending binge for many years, and they will only tolerate a debt limit increase if we stop it. "

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